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Gabriel B Lea to John Compton

January 1839 · ODB 32/250

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
January 1839
From
Gabriel B Lea
To
John Compton
Land
300 acres
Waterways
waters of Back Creek
Citation
ODB 32/250
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).

Reading notes: Only the month or court term 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 32 (look for ODB 32/250). Our record above is drawn from it.

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