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John B Tenney to Samuel F Phillips

13 December 1849 · ODB 33/479

The deed

Kind of deed
Town lot sale
Date
13 December 1849
From
John B Tenney
To
Samuel F Phillips
Land
  1. Tract 1: 20 acres, whereon John B Tenney now lives, in Chapel Hill
    Neighbors: John White; Trustees of University
Earlier title
conveyed by Sheriff to Thomas Hogan 2 Nov 1843, by Hogan to Charles F M Deems 24 Feb 1844 about 1 acre within the Village being tract conveyed by William Brinkley and wife to John B Tenney 22 Apr 1840 which he has repurchased from Charles F M Deems
Citation
ODB 33/479
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 33/479). Our record above is drawn from it.

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