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Orange County Indexed

William Ray Sr to John Ray Sr

8 October 1842 · ODB 30/139

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 October 1842
From
William Ray Sr
To
John Ray Sr
Land
100 acres
Waterways
on Little River
Neighbors
James Ball
Citation
ODB 30/139
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 40015, “Record of Deeds, 1836-1844, Vols. 29, 30” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 30 (look for ODB 30/139). Our record above is drawn from it.

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