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William Durham estate by Clerk to John Durham & Jane Durham & Elbert S Durham

17 March 1849 · ODB 33/257

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
17 March 1849
From
William Durham
To
John Durham; Jane Durham; Elbert S Durham
Land
  1. Tract 1: 126 acres
    Waterways: waters of Terrells Creek
    Neighbors: William McCauely; Murphey Stroud
    Roads and landmarks: branch
  2. Tract 2: 106 acres
    Neighbors: John Durham
Earlier title
to John Durham to Elbert S Durham
Citation
ODB 33/257
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.

Title and grant references

  • Earlier title: ODB 33/257

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 33 (look for ODB 33/257). Our record above is drawn from it.

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