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William N Pratt to Wilson Brown & Eliza Jane Brown

5 August 1863 · ODB 37/185

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
5 August 1863
From
William N Pratt
To
Wilson Brown; Eliza Jane Brown
Land
254.7 acres
Waterways
waters of Flat Creek; on Eno River
Neighbors
Archibald Borland; S K Pratt; John Holloway; Mrs Borland; Strayhorn
Roads and landmarks
the Hillsborough road
Citation
ODB 37/185
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 40019, “Record of Deeds, 1862-1869, Vols. 37, 38” (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 37 (look for ODB 37/185). Our record above is drawn from it.

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