Alexander Dixon to Isaac Holden trustee

The deed

Kind of deed

Deed of trust or mortgage

Date

16 February 1857

From

Alexander Dixon

To

Isaac Holden

Acting as

trustee

Share conveyed

undivided fifth of|undivided third of|my interest in

Land

1. Tract 1: 575 acres, on which Dixon resides
   Waterways: waters of Eno River
   Neighbors: Samuel H Breeze; Emiline Lockhart; John F Lyon; Adam Douglass; William Lewis; Anthony Cole
   Roads and landmarks: his mills & shops
2. Held back from the sale: 52 acres, on which he resides
3. Tract 2: 90 acres, on which John Dollar now resides
   Waterways: waters of Little River
   Neighbors: John C Wilkerson; Joseph McKee
4. Tract 3: 50 acres
   Waterways: waters of Little River
   Neighbors: Robert Wilkerson; Green Taylor
5. Tract 4: 100 acres, Chester District SC
   Roads and landmarks: Town of Chester
6. Tract 5: 18 acres, Dixon & Garrard Copper Mine
   Roads and landmarks: Bethany Church
7. Tract 6: Thomas Cates Copper Mine
8. Tract 7: Berry Andrews Copper Mine
9. Tract 8: University Station
   Neighbors: Calvin Strayhorn
10. Tract 9: University Station
    Neighbors: Calvin Strayhorn

Also conveyed

4 head of horses, 1 yoke of oxen, 9 head of cattle, 40 or 50 head of hogs, 1 four-horse waggon, 2 two-horse wagons, 1 one-horse waggon, 1 buggy & harness, 1 two-horse barrouche & harness, 4 ploughs, 1 harrow, 1 cultivator, 1 cutting machine, an interest in two old threshing machines, 1 wheat fan, a lot of other farming tools, 1 set of blacksmith tools, all tools of every description in the work shops (except a set of carpenter tools), a lot of lumber in the turn out, a lot of walnut lumber, a lot of pine and other lumber at the shops, a set of old carriage wheels and axles, 1 wheat fan in the mill, 1 pair of burr mill stones, a lot of bricks in thekiln, all the household & kitchen furniture, a lot of bacon, a stock of goods now in the store house, all the book notes & accounts, all interest remaining after paying all liabilities in the firm of Dixon & Lynch, all my interest in books & notes of firm of Lyon & Dixon, N P Hall & Co and A Dixon Son & Co after paying liabilities, all my interest in the Hollingsworth Washing Machine & right to make & vend same in Orange, Johnston, Wake, Person & Alamance Counties, all the machines now on hand and unsold, all my interest in Young's Patent Smut Machine & machines on hand after settlement with John W Garrard who is joint owner, my interest in Mendenhalls hand loom, also all debts due me; a lot of sheaf oats & straw; a lot of books

Earlier title

being land purchased by me at Sheriff's sale as land of Charles Nichols

Citation

ODB 35/170
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 40018, “Record of Deeds, 1856-1862, Vols. 35, 36” (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 35 (look for ODB 35/170). Our record above is drawn from it.