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Wyatt Cates & Thomas Cates by Sheriff to James Newlin

5 July 1869 · ODB 39/118

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
5 July 1869
From
Wyatt Cates; Thomas Cates
To
James Newlin
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
  1. Tract 1: 94.5 acres
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek
    Neighbors: Thomas J Cates; Enoch Stubbins
  2. Tract 2: 12 acres
    Waterways: waters of Cane Creek
    Neighbors: David C Parks
Citation
ODB 39/118
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 40020, “Record of Deeds, 1869-1872, Vols. 39, 40” (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 39 (look for ODB 39/118). Our record above is drawn from it.

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