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John Madden to Charles Wilson trustee

21 November 1842 · ODB 30/45

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
21 November 1842
From
John Madden
To
Charles Wilson
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 60 acres, whereon John Madden now lives
    Waterways: on N Fork of Little River
    Neighbors: John Porterfield Sr; Harrison Taylor
  2. Tract 2: 5 ac
    Waterways: on N Fork of Little River
    Neighbors: John Porterfield
Also conveyed
all my household, consisting of two beds & furniture, 7 presses, 1 chest, 1 table, cupboard furniture, all my cooking utensils, 12 head of sheep marked with a smooth crop off the left ear, 2 slits in the right ear; 1 bay mare; 5 head of cattle
Citation
ODB 30/45
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 30/45). Our record above is drawn from it.

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