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Orange County Indexed

Josiah Atkins to Martha Trice

23 December 1842 · ODB 30/217

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
23 December 1842
From
Josiah Atkins
To
Martha Trice
Enslaved people named
Candis; Jane; Caroline; Cornelia; John
Citation
ODB 30/217
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 names follow the county’s records of enslaved people.

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 30/217). Our record above is drawn from it.

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