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David Macklin to James Macklin

1 December 1787 · ODB 4/248

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 December 1787
From
David Macklin
To
James Macklin
Land
250 acres
Waterways
on Haw River
Neighbors
Thedford; James Moreland; Zachariah Tate
Roads and landmarks
Guilford County line
Earlier title
NC to Macklin 13 Mar 1780
Citation
ODB 4/248
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 4/248). Our record above is drawn from it.

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