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John L Bailey to W George Granbery trustee

8 December 1854 · ODB 34/466

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
8 December 1854
From
John L Bailey
To
W George Granbery
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 15 acres, whereon John D Bailey now lives
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Neighbors: James Webb; Thompson
    Roads and landmarks: termination of the Dark Walk; Hillsborough; the Raleigh Road; the well
Enslaved people named
Caroline; Annette; Marinda; Edward; Rosette; Ellen; Augustus
Citation
ODB 34/466
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

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 34 (look for ODB 34/466). Our record above is drawn from it.

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