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Orange County Indexed

William Sutton by Sheriff to James Alston

20 April 1770 · ODB 3/243

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
20 April 1770
From
William Sutton
To
James Alston
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
503 acres
Neighbors
Mitchell; Ragan; William Sutton; Thomas Webb
Earlier title
George II to Henry Eustace McCulloh
Citation
ODB 3/243
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

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 3/243). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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