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James N Strayhorn estate by commissioners to John T Hogan & Robert J Strayhorn & Henry Dixon & Margaret Dixon & Calvin G Strayhorn

25 September 1860 · ODB 36/317

The deed

Kind of deed
Division of land
Date
25 September 1860
From
James N Strayhorn estate
To
John T Hogan; Julia Hogan; Robert J Strayhorn; Henry Dixon; Margaret Dixon; Calvin G Strayhorn
Acting as
commissioners
Land
  1. No 1: 117.5 acres, lot 1
    Neighbors: John Strayhorn
    Roads and landmarks: the dwelling house, barn & other out houses; the Raleigh road; the meadow fence
  2. No 2: 122.5 acres, lot 2
    Neighbors: John Strayhorn; John T Hogan & wife; Dixon & wife; McCauley
    Roads and landmarks: the Raleigh road; the meadow fence
  3. No 3: 138 acres, lot 3
    Waterways: mouth of a branch; Stones Creek
    Neighbors: Hunter; Borland; McCauley; R J Strayhorn; Calvin G Strayhorn
    Roads and landmarks: the grave yard; NC railroad
  4. Held back from the sale: 10 acres, the turn out
  5. No 4: 137 acres, lot 4
    Neighbors: Pratt; Henry Dixon & wife; John T Hogan & wife
    Roads and landmarks: the Raleigh road; the railroad
Citation
ODB 36/317
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 36/317). Our record above is drawn from it.

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