James S Smith to Francis J Smith

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

21 November 1845

From

James S Smith

To

Francis J Smith

Land

1. Tract 1: 143 acres
   Waterways: on Eno River; on branch; on Seven Mile Creek
   Neighbors: Cadwallader Jones Sr; John Scott; Elizabeth Minor; Henry Faucett
   Roads and landmarks: road from the mills of James S Smith to Jones Ferry on Haw River; the old road; road from Hillsboro to Ruffins Mills; fork of the road; the mills ford
2. Tract 2: 18.75 acres, Tanyard & stillhouse tract
   Waterways: on Eno River; on spring branch of the tanyard
   Roads and landmarks: mills ford; Scott's ford; old field; old road; forks
3. Tract 3: 78 acres, Glenn tract
   Neighbors: Nash Whitted; Sally Thompson
   Roads and landmarks: the great road leading from Hillsboro to Hartford; mill tract; Hartford road

Also conveyed

all the mills, sawmills, bark mills, still, stillhouses, millstones, tan yard with a tools, boilers, all farming tools, wagon, gear,; cattle, hogs, corn, fodder, shucks, straw, chaff, hay, wheat in the mill, buckwheat, all tools, saws, cross cut saws, weights, balances, steelyards, barrels, hogsheads, flour barrels, all plank, scantling, mill timber, cogs, round timber, measures

Earlier title

which he purchased of Thomas Crabtree & John Thompson, which was conveyed by John Taylor & James Webb to Alfred Moore & Thomas D Crain

Citation

ODB 31/393
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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 31/393). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• James Strudwick Smith, a party to this deed