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Orange County Indexed

Thomas Griffin Sr to John R Minnis

1842 · ODB 30/32

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
1842
From
Thomas Griffin Sr
To
John R Minnis
Enslaved people named
Mebane; Sidney
Citation
ODB 30/32
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: Only the year is given.

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 30/32). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

  • The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Hire, undated, naming Mebane and Sidney
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