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John Strayhorn estate by commissioners to D G Strayhorn & Egbert H Strayhorn & Willie N Strayhorn & Sidney G Strayhorn & Malitha A Borland

28 August 1860 · ODB 36/288

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 August 1860
From
John Strayhorn
To
D G Strayhorn; Egbert H Strayhorn; Willie N Strayhorn; Sidney G Strayhorn; Malitha A Borland
Acting as
commissioners
Land
  1. Tract 1: 224.5 acres
    Roads and landmarks: Raleigh road; Hillsborough road; old road; railroad
  2. Tract 2: 222 acres
    Neighbors: DG Strayhorn; Brian Strayhorn
    Roads and landmarks: Raleigh road; field
  3. Tract 3: 40 acres, bounded by lot 1
    Waterways: Stones Creek
    Neighbors: Egbert H Strayhorn; Sidney G Strayhorn
  4. Tract 4: 250 acres
    Neighbors: Maletha A Borland; Willie N Strayhorn; Craig; Trice; Bryant Strayhorn
  5. Tract 5: 260 acres
    Neighbors: Willie N Strayhorn; Faucett; Dr Mitchell; Burns; Flintoff
    Roads and landmarks: old line
Earlier title
and another tract 150.8 acres adj George Rhodes, William Crabtree, Guess, branch
Citation
ODB 36/288
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 36/288). Our record above is drawn from it.

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