James S Morrow estate by commissioners to William J Morrow & Henrietta E Morrow

The deed

Kind of deed

Division of land

Date

30 September 1864

From

James S Morrow estate

To

William J Morrow; Henrietta E Morrow

Acting as

commissioners

Land

1. Tract 1: 275 acres, homestead
2. Tract 2: 137 acres, Crawford place

Enslaved people named

Mary; Frank; Tim; Quit?; Jemima; Marrie; John; Francis; Samuel; Mariah; Benjamin; Ellen; Susan; Neecy; Martha; Henry; Elizer; Abraham; Rebecca; Yancy; Lemuel; Caroline; Jerry; George; Jane; Clavin; Elvira; Anderson; Milly; Rosetta; Betsy; Ann; Joe; Leviny; emeline

Citation

ODB 37/253
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).

Reading notes: The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Mary, Frank, Tim, Mary, Jemima, Marrie, John, Francis, Benjamin, Ellen, Mary, Susan, Neecy, Martha, Henry, Elizer, Abraham, Rebecca, Yancy, Lemuel, Caroline, Jerry, George, Jane, Clavin, Elvira, Anderson, Milly, Rosetta, Betsy, Ann, Joe, Leviny, emeline.

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 37/253). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Division of an estate, 30 September 1864, naming Mary, Frank, Tim, Quit? and 31 others