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Thomas Sykes to Richard Tapp trustee

27 April 1846 · ODB 32/79

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
27 April 1846
From
Thomas Sykes
To
Richard Tapp
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 150 acres
    Waterways: waters of Turkey Hill Creek
    Neighbors: John Moore; David Moore
Also conveyed
1 wooden clock, 2 feather beds, 2 chests, 3 tables, 6 chairs, 1 cupboard, 2 head of horses, 2 head of cows, 10 hogs, 10 sheep, half of a certain wagon, 1 third of a wheat fan, 3 hogsheads & 1 lot of barrels, also 2 saddles - in short to include all my property
Citation
ODB 32/79
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 32/79). Our record above is drawn from it.

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