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William Jay Sr to Joseph Jay

3 October 1767 · ODB 3/445

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
3 October 1767
From
William Jay Sr
To
Joseph Jay
Land
  1. Tract 1: 239 acres
    Waterways: both sides of N Fork of Flat River
    Neighbors: Ford; James Jay; Hosea Tapley; William Jay
Earlier title
Granville to Edward Moore 6 Feb 1761
Citation
ODB 3/445
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

  • Granville grant: Gv488, to Edward Moore, 6 February 1761, 375 acres, on both sides of Flat River, adj Hosea Tapley, William Jay
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 96-H
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 2045
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1319
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1881
  • Later title: ODB 3/373 (Anthony Hammon)
  • Later title: CwDB E/279 (William Tapp)

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 3/445). Our record above is drawn from it.

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