William Nelson & Ann Nelson to George Maris

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

10 March 1770

From

William Nelson; Ann Nelson

To

George Maris

Land

1. Tract 1: 120 acres, 144 poles
   Waterways: on Haw River; on branch of Cane Creek
   Neighbors: John Stanfield
   Roads and landmarks: field

Earlier title

Granville to John Jones 11 Jun 1754 to Nelson 31 Aug 1754

Citation

ODB 3/200
See the deed book page at the Register of Deeds →
A page can hold several deeds, and a long deed can run onto the next page.
Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40002, “Record of Deeds, 1785-1793, Vols. 3, 4” (State Archives film).

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Title and grant references

• Granville grant: Gv39, to John Jones, 11 June 1754, 682 acres, on a branch of Cane Creek, adj John Wright
• Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 94-C
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 239
• Register of Orange reference: RegLn 103

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 3 (look for ODB 3/200). Our record above is drawn from it.