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Orange County Indexed

John McBride to John Strayhorn

5 December 1788 · ODB 4/253

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
5 December 1788
From
John McBride
To
John Strayhorn
Land
300 acres
Waterways
waters of Eno River
Neighbors
Gilbert Strayhorn; William Ansley
Earlier title
NC to Andrew McBride 21 Sep 1785
Citation
ODB 4/253
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 4/253). Our record above is drawn from it.

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