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Henry Dickson & Maggie E Dickson to Calvin G Strayhorn

16 March 1861 · ODB 37/230

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
16 March 1861
From
Henry Dickson; Maggie E Dickson
To
Calvin G Strayhorn
Land
  1. Tract 1: 138 acres, lot 3
    Waterways: waters of Stones Creek; mouth of branch
    Neighbors: Hunter; Borland; McCauley; R J Strayhorn; J T Hogan & wife; Calvin Strayhorn
    Roads and landmarks: the graveyard; railroad
  2. Held back from the sale: 10 acres, the turn out
Earlier title
being lot 3 in division of James N strayhorn decd
Citation
ODB 37/230
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 37/230). Our record above is drawn from it.

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