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Parthena Crabtree to William Duke Sr & Benjamin Hester

13 October 1853 · ODB 34/316

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
13 October 1853
From
Parthena Crabtree
To
William Duke Sr; Benjamin Hester
Share conveyed
half of
Land
  1. Tract 1: 76 acres
    Waterways: waters of Flat River
    Neighbors: Harrison Parker; Parthena Crabtree
  2. Tract 2: 4 acres
    Waterways: on Flat River
Citation
ODB 34/316
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 34 (look for ODB 34/316). Our record above is drawn from it.

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