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Ashley Jenkins & Zadia Jenkins & Robert J Jeffreys & Polly Jeffreys & Mann Jenkins & Young B Jenkins & Dilly Sears & Page Jenkins & Nelson Jenkins & Freeman Jenkins & William J Jenkins & Samuel Booth & Rosanna Booth & Dennis Jenkins & Chesley P Jenkins to Sylvania Jenkins

1 September 1843 · ODB 33/1

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 September 1843
From
Ashley Jenkins; Zadia Jenkins; Robert J Jeffreys; Polly Jeffreys; Mann Jenkins; Young B Jenkins; Dilly Sears; Page Jenkins; Nelson Jenkins; Freeman Jenkins; William J Jenkins; Samuel Booth; Rosanna Booth; Dennis Jenkins; Chesley P Jenkins
To
Sylvania Jenkins
Land
  1. Tract 1: measure not given
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
  2. Tract 2: measure not given
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
  3. Tract 3: measure not given
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek
Also conveyed
all the crop, stock, provision, farming utensils, and all other personal property except that Robert J Jeffreys & wife are to have a horse, bridle & saddle
Earlier title
all the estate of William Jenkins deceased (her husband)
Citation
ODB 33/1
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 40017, “Record of Deeds, 1841-1856, Vols. 33, 34” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 575 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 33 (look for ODB 33/1). Our record above is drawn from it.

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