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Josiah Turner to Mary R Smith

11 August 1847 · ODB 33/471

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
11 August 1847
From
Josiah Turner
To
Mary R Smith
Land
  1. Tract 1: 1000 acres
    Waterways: on Prices Creek
    Neighbors: Mrs Martha McCauley
  2. Tract 2: 200 acres
    Neighbors: William H Merritt
  3. Tract 3: Massey Tract
  4. Tract 4: 55 acres
    Neighbors: William H Merritt
  5. Tract 5: 200 acres
    Roads and landmarks: the County line
  6. Tract 6: 400 acres, Fann Tract
    Neighbors: William H Merritt
  7. Held back from the sale: a small portion of the Prices Creek tract which lies in Chatham County
  8. Tract 7: 197 acres, Ward Tract
    Waterways: waters of Prices Creek
  9. Tract 8: 86 acres
Citation
ODB 33/471
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 33/471). Our record above is drawn from it.

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