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Martha Bumpass to Henry T Gates trustee & Sophia Gates

13 August 1857 · ODB 35/295

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
13 August 1857
From
Martha Bumpass
To
Henry T Gates; Sophia Gates
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. Tract 1: 268 acres
    Waterways: waters of Little River
    Neighbors: John B Leathers; William Cain
Also conveyed
all my household & kitchen furniture, 2 horses her choice & my rockaway
Enslaved people named
New; Peter; Charlotte
Citation
ODB 35/295
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 35/295). Our record above is drawn from it.

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