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Andrew C Murdock to George Laws trustee

8 March 1847 · ODB 32/300

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
8 March 1847
From
Andrew C Murdock
To
George Laws
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 307 acres
    Waterways: waters of Hills Creek
    Neighbors: William Paul; Samuel S Coleman
Also conveyed
1 wagon & gear, a one-horse wagon & gear, 1 carriage & harness, 6 head of horses, 2 colts, 12 head sheep, all his stock of cattle & hogs, household & kitchen furniture, all his stock of provisions on hand consisting of bacon corn, all his outs, fodder, hay, straw & shucks, also his farming tools, carpenter tools, 2 unfinished carryalls; my crop of wheat now growing
Enslaved people named
Robbin; Patty; Milly; Jim; Wilson
Earlier title
purchased from John J Freeland
Citation
ODB 32/300
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 32/300). Our record above is drawn from it.

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