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Richardson Corn to William A Lea trustee for William Vincent & Gabriel B Lea

26 August 1843 · ODB 30/252

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
26 August 1843
From
Richardson Corn
To
William A Lea
Acting as
trustee
Share conveyed
his interest in
Land
  1. Tract 1: 89 acres
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek
    Neighbors: Dixon Corn
  2. Tract 2: 160 acres, on which his mother now resides
    Neighbors: Nicholas Hester
Also conveyed
1 bay mare, 1 sorrel horse, 4 head of cattle, 26 hogs, 1 two-horse wagon & gear, 1 carryall & gear, 2 beds, his crop of corn, wheat & tobacco
Citation
ODB 30/252
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.

Title and grant references

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 30 (look for ODB 30/252). Our record above is drawn from it.

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