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Orange County Indexed

Thomas Smith to William R Hughes trustee

12 December 1853 · ODB 34/334

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
12 December 1853
From
Thomas Smith
To
William R Hughes
Acting as
trustee
Land
108 acres
Waterways
waters of Eno River
Neighbors
Henderson C McDade; Benjamin Wells; Thomas Pettigrew; Davis Roberts; Andrew H Smith
Citation
ODB 34/334
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 34/334). Our record above is drawn from it.

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