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John Thompson estate by Commissioners to Edward Pickett & Sally Pickett & Thomas Hart & Mary Hart & William Thompson & Susan Thompson & William Goodloe & Clarissa Goodloe & John Hamilton & Theresa Hamilton & Francis Thompson & Joseph Thompson & Empson Thompson

29 August 1845 · ODB 32/169

The deed

Kind of deed
Division of land
Date
29 August 1845
From
John Thompson estate
To
Edward Pickett; Sally Pickett; Thomas Hart; William Thompson; Susan Thompson; William Goodloe; Clarissa Goodloe; John Hamilton; Theresa Hamilton; Francis Thompson; Joseph Thompson; Empson Thompson
Acting as
Commissioners
Land
  1. Number 1: 38.1 acre, lot 1
    Neighbors: Patton
  2. Number 2: 37 acres, lot 2
    Waterways: on Mill Creek
    Neighbors: Goodloe; Patton
  3. Number 3: lot 3
    Waterways: on branch
  4. Number 4: 38 acres, lot 4
    Neighbors: Paul
  5. Number 5: lot 5, bounded by lots 2, 9
    Waterways: on Mill Creek; on branch
  6. Number 6: 39 acres, lot 6, bounded by lots 5, 8
  7. Number 7: 38.8 acres, lot 7, bounded by lot 6
  8. Held back from the sale: 1 acre, Meeting House
  9. Number 8: lot 8, bounded by lot 7
    Roads and landmarks: school house
  10. Number 9: 39 acres, lot 9, bounded by lots 8, 5
Citation
ODB 32/169
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 32 (look for ODB 32/169). Our record above is drawn from it.

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