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Samuel Allen to William Hall

1 June 1786 · ODB 3/22

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 June 1786
From
Samuel Allen
To
William Hall
Land
  1. First tract: 196 acres
    Neighbors: James Taylor; Governor Gabriel Johnston
  2. Second tract: measure not given
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Neighbors: William Gray; Clark
Earlier title
Granville to James Taylor 23 May 1758
Citation
ODB 3/22
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: Gv236, to James Taylor, 23 May 1758, 196 acres, on W side of Eno River, adj late Gov Johnston
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 101-B
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 433
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 601
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 2378
  • Proved at the May 1787 court (minutes OCPQS 4/45; the deed-book note gives OCPQS 3/669)
  • Proved at the May 1787 court (OCPQS 4/45)

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 3/22). Our record above is drawn from it.

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