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Thomas Durham to Thomas Cate trustee & Thomas Cate trustee & Robert Cate trustee & John Strother trustee & Richard Cate trustee & John Workman trustee & Barnard Cate trustee & Joseph Cate trustee & Mary Christmas trustee & Cane Creek Baptist Church

20 August 1789 · ODB 4/223

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
20 August 1789
From
Thomas Durham
To
Thomas Cate; Robert Cate; John Strother; Richard Cate; John Workman; Barnard Cate; Joseph Cate; Mary Christmas; Cane Creek Baptist Church
Acting as
trustee
Land
1 acre
Citation
ODB 4/223
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 40002, “Record of Deeds, 1785-1793, Vols. 3, 4” (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 4 (look for ODB 4/223). Our record above is drawn from it.

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