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Orange County Indexed

John Hancock to William N Pratt

25 October 1842 · ODB 31/112

The deed

Kind of deed
Transfer of enslaved people
Date
25 October 1842
From
John Hancock
To
William N Pratt
Enslaved people named
Julia; Mary; Larrey; William; John; Charles; George; Susan; Diner
Citation
ODB 31/112
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 40016, “Record of Deeds, 1843-1847, Vols. 31, 32” (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 31 (look for ODB 31/112). Our record above is drawn from it.

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