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James Williams to John Allison

13 September 1782 · ODB 4/256

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
13 September 1782
From
James Williams
To
John Allison
Share conveyed
one third
Land
  1. Tract 1: in Hillsborough
    Neighbors: John Sheels; Nichols; Farmer
    Roads and landmarks: two main streets of Hillsborough; store & warehouse
Earlier title
held by William Johnston & James Thackston, James Thackston to James Williams
Citation
ODB 4/256
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.

Title and grant references

  • Proved at the November 1789 court (minutes OCPQS 4/250; the deed-book note gives OCPQS 4/248)

From the bracketed notes in Mark Chilton’s deed-book posts. OCPQS is the minutes of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; RegLn is a line of the colonial Register of Orange.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 4 (look for ODB 4/256). Our record above is drawn from it.

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