Richard Tapp estate by commissioners to Ruffin R Tapp & William H Tapp & George M Hobbs & Rebecca Hobbs & John U Hart & Malitha Hart

The deed

Kind of deed

Division of land

Date

1 February 1866

From

Richard Tapp estate

To

Ruffin R Tapp; William H Tapp; George M Hobbs; Rebecca Hobbs; John U Hart

Acting as

commissioners

Land

1. Tract 1: 228.75 acres, Waddell tracts
   Neighbors: John U Hart; Watson; Thompson
   Roads and landmarks: stone pile
2. Held back from the sale: 70 ac, home tract of Richard Tapp
3. Lot no 1: 70 acres, lot 1
   Roads and landmarks: Waddell tract
4. Tract 3: 63 acres, bounded by lots 2, 1, 5
5. Lot 3: 65 acres, lot 3, bounded by lot 2
6. Lot 4: 51 acres, lot 4, bounded by lot 3
7. Lot 5: 51 acres, lot 5, bounded by lots 4, 2
8. Lot 1: 61 acres, lot 1
   Neighbors: Hayes
9. Tract 8: 23 acres, meeting house tract
   Neighbors: Tapp
10. Lot 2: lot 2
    Neighbors: Hayes
11. Lot 6: lot 6, bounded by lot 5
    Neighbors: Foust; George M Hobbs
12. Lot 4: lot 4, bounded by lot 3
    Neighbors: Hayes
13. Lot 3: 58 acres, lot 3, bounded by lot 2
    Neighbors: Hayes
14. Tract 13: 24 acres, meeting house tract
    Neighbors: Arch; Morrow
15. Lot 5: 57 acres, lot 5

Citation

ODB 37/314
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 published abstract also gives 350 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 37/314). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.