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A C Compton & Salina Compton to William Roberts

8 May 1869 · ODB 38/238

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 May 1869
From
A C Compton; Salina Compton
To
William Roberts
Land
274 acres, 65 perches
Waterways
on Lynches Creek
Neighbors
Hargis; Sydney Malone; John Murphy; Allen Compton; James I Allen; J I Allen
Roads and landmarks
Caswell County line
Citation
ODB 38/238
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 38 (look for ODB 38/238). Our record above is drawn from it.

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