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Orange County Indexed

James Webb to Francis C P Hill

7 September 1866 · ODB 37/354

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
7 September 1866
From
James Webb
To
Francis C P Hill
Land
  1. Tract 1: 14.5 acres, where an ice house stood
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Neighbors: John W Norwood; Mathias E Manly; Judge Manly
    Roads and landmarks: Raleigh Road; place where an ice house stood; road leading from J W Norwood's residence to the Mineral Spring gate
  2. Tract 2: 3.5 acres
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Roads and landmarks: mouth of the branch
  3. Tract 3: 35 acres
    Waterways: on Cates Creek
    Neighbors: Joseph Blount; J W Norwood; John Berry
Citation
ODB 37/354
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.

Title and grant references

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 37 (look for ODB 37/354). Our record above is drawn from it.

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