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Joseph Richardson to James Collins

23 March 1770 · ODB 3/247

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
23 March 1770
From
Joseph Richardson
To
James Collins
Land
  1. Tract 1: land & plantation whereon I now live
Also conveyed
rent of the plantation which William Curire now lives on for 7 years; brown horse branded on the nigh buttock, 4 milch cows, 2 two years old & 2 yearlings; all the hogs; 1 feather bed & bed clothes, 1 plough & plow iron, 1 iron bound cart
Citation
ODB 3/247
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 3 (look for ODB 3/247). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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