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Orange County Indexed

John Cheek to George Laws

22 July 1812 · ODB 36/446

The deed

Kind of deed
Town lot sale
Date
22 July 1812
From
John Cheek
To
George Laws
Land
lot 131, in Hillsborough
Waterways
on Eno River
Neighbors
Webb; Whitted; William H Faucett
Roads and landmarks
Margaret Lane
Citation
ODB 36/446
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 36/446). Our record above is drawn from it.

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