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J C Lewis to Henry S Markham

20 October 1857 · ODB 37/304

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
20 October 1857
From
J C Lewis
To
Henry S Markham
Land
327 acres
Waterways
waters of Ellerbe Creek
Neighbors
Harris Woods; Elbert Dossett; Harris Wilkerson; T W Gooch; F C Geer; Samuel Pool; John Pool; Joseph Proctor
Citation
ODB 37/304
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 37/304). Our record above is drawn from it.

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