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John Embree to John Pinkerton

10 September 1771 · ODB 3/418

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
10 September 1771
From
John Embree
To
John Pinkerton
Land
  1. Tract 1: 64 acres
    Waterways: on S Fork of Little River
    Neighbors: Clark; John Dunagan
    Roads and landmarks: the Fork
Earlier title
Granville to John Dunagan 26 May 1753
Citation
ODB 3/418
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 3/418). Our record above is drawn from it.

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