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Jesse James estate by Clerk to Thomas N James

9 July 1859 · ODB 36/140

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
9 July 1859
From
Jesse James
To
Thomas N James
Land
135 acres
Waterways
waters of Eno River
Neighbors
James Latta; Norwood Latta; Wilborn Horner
Citation
ODB 36/140
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 36 (look for ODB 36/140). Our record above is drawn from it.

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