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John Barton to William F Strayhorn

28 February 1855 · ODB 34/506

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 February 1855
From
John Barton
To
William F Strayhorn
Land
  1. Tract 1: 200 acres
    Waterways: waters of New Hope Creek; waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: William F Strayhorn; Samuel Faucett; David Craig; William Crabtree
Earlier title
part of 300 acre tract granted by NC to William Kennedy 13 Mar 1780 , sold by him to Samuel Thompson, which Samuel sold 28 Feb 1798 to William Bailey 100 acres
Citation
ODB 34/506
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

  • State grant file: Ofile 915
  • Earlier title: ODB 2/326
  • Later title: ODB 37/503 (Lycurgus Edgerton)

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 34/506). Our record above is drawn from it.

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