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Michael Sehler to Ludwig Clapp

15 January 1772 · ODB 3/479

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
15 January 1772
From
Michael Sehler
To
Ludwig Clapp
Land
  1. Tract 1: 300 acres
    Waterways: on Crows Creek
    Neighbors: Haywood; the Moravians
Also conveyed
1 roan horse; 2 mares; 2 colts; 3 cows; 1 heifer; 2 two yr old steers; 3 yearlings; 2 calves; all the horses, mares, colts & cattle I own; all my household furniture
Citation
ODB 3/479
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 3/479). Our record above is drawn from it.

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