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James C Turrentine to Richard Tapp

5 April 1857 · ODB 39/274

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
5 April 1857
From
James C Turrentine
To
Richard Tapp
Land
  1. First tract: 251.333 acres
    Waterways: waters of Seven Mile Creek
    Neighbors: William Riley; Richard Tapp; Watson; Moorefields lately property of Alfred MooreJr Esq
  2. Second tract: 9.75 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Seven Mile Creek
    Neighbors: Austin; Alfed Moore esq deceased; William Riley deceased
Citation
ODB 39/274
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 39/274). Our record above is drawn from it.

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