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Orange County Indexed

John Hayes to Julia N Merritt

17 October 1843 · ODB 35/322

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
17 October 1843
From
John Hayes
To
Julia N Merritt
Land
  1. Tract 1: Joseph Dixon tract
Enslaved people named
Sealey; Jim; Alexander
Citation
ODB 35/322
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 35/322). Our record above is drawn from it.

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