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Orange County Indexed

Edward Long to William Rutherford

23 ___ 1772 · ODB 3/425

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
Unknown
From
Edward Long
To
William Rutherford
Land
360 acres
Waterways
both sides of Flat River
Earlier title
Granville to James Bowie 1 Mar 1752
Citation
ODB 3/425
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

  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1383
  • Earlier title: Patent Book 14:357
  • Later title: ODB 3/360 (Edward Long)

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 3/425). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • The date could not be read with certainty.
  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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