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Willie V Mangum to Samuel D Morgan

8 March 1856 · ODB 35/272

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 March 1856
From
Willie V Mangum
To
Samuel D Morgan
Land
  1. Tract 1: 1163 acres
    Waterways: waters of Mountain Creek
    Neighbors: Harrison Parker
    Roads and landmarks: the Hillsboro Road
  2. Held back from the sale: 360.7 acres
    Neighbors: Harrison Parker
    Roads and landmarks: road leading from Roxboro to Raleigh
Citation
ODB 35/272
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).

Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 360.7 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 35/272). Our record above is drawn from it.

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