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Lewis Clapp & Margaret Clapp to John Clapp

27 July 1772 · ODB 3/444

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
27 July 1772
From
Lewis Clapp; Margaret Clapp
To
John Clapp
Land
  1. Tract 1: 260 acres
    Waterways: on Beaver Creek
    Roads and landmarks: edge of a hill
  2. Held back from the sale: 100 acres
Earlier title
Henry McCulloh to Clapp 13 Sep 1762
Citation
ODB 3/444
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 3/444). Our record above is drawn from it.

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