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Thomas McCracken estate by Sheriff to Calvin Smith

28 August 1848 · ODB 33/243

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
28 August 1848
From
Thomas McCracken estate
To
Calvin Smith
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
  1. Tract 1: 76 acres, whereon Susan McCracken now lives
    Waterways: on McGowans Creek
    Neighbors: Thomas Thompson
  2. Tract 2: 50 acres
    Waterways: waters of McGowans Creek
    Neighbors: Thomas Thompson; George A Mebane
Citation
ODB 33/243
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).

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 33/243). Our record above is drawn from it.

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