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Orange County Indexed

William Newman to Edward R Stanley

16 April 1862 · ODB 37/395

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
16 April 1862
From
William Newman
To
Edward R Stanley
Land
  1. Tract 1: 72.78 acres
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: William Ward; William D Faucett; P B Ruffin; James C Turrentine; Christmas
    Roads and landmarks: branch
  2. Tract 2: 2.5 acres
    Roads and landmarks: branch
Citation
ODB 37/395
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 37/395). Our record above is drawn from it.

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