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James Webb to Osmond F Long trustee

29 October 1842 · ODB 30/17

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
29 October 1842
From
James Webb
To
Osmond F Long
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: residence of said James, in Hillsborough
    Roads and landmarks: Queen Street
  2. Tract 2: office lot, in Hillsborough
    Roads and landmarks: Queen Street
  3. Tract 3: spring lot, in Hillsborough
    Roads and landmarks: Queen Street
  4. Held back from the sale: 40 feet, in Hillsborough
    Roads and landmarks: Methodist Church
  5. Tract 4: 7 acres
    Neighbors: William Cain
    Roads and landmarks: Town Common
  6. Tract 5: 80 acres
    Neighbors: James Phillips
Also conveyed
all household furniture except one bed & furniture, cow & calf & his kitchen furniture of every kind, horses, cattle, hogs, wagon, farming tools, stock of saddles finished & unfinished, stock on hand, tools, all his in at the Brick Yard, the brick to be disposed of by agreement with Samuel Haancock; also 1/4 of medicine on hand with the shop, furniture; also all debts named in schedule
Enslaved people named
Alexander; Judy; Willie; John; Davy; Dick; Frances; Susan; Demsey; Benena; Mary; Aason; Green; Annet; Mary; Wilson; Phillis Sr; Sally; Betsy; Phillis Jr
Citation
ODB 30/17
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).

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 30/17). Our record above is drawn from it.

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