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John Burnside to Helen Burnside

21 May 1859 · ODB 36/137

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
21 May 1859
From
John Burnside
To
Helen Burnside
Land
  1. Tract 1: 91.25 acres
    Waterways: on McGowans Creek
    Neighbors: Stephen Forrest; John Burnside
    Roads and landmarks: the Hillsborough road
Earlier title
being half the survey of 182.5 acres devised by Robert Burnside to his sons John Burnside and James Burnside, Helen is James's widow
Citation
ODB 36/137
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.

Title and grant references

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 36 (look for ODB 36/137). Our record above is drawn from it.

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