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John Foust to his son Daniel Foust

13 November 1789 · ODB 4/287

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
13 November 1789
From
John Foust
To
Daniel Foust
Land
160 acres
Waterways
waters of Cane Creek
Neighbors
Peter Foust
Earlier title
Granville to John Jones 11 Jun 1754
Citation
ODB 4/287
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

  • Granville grant: Gv39, to John Jones, 11 June 1754, 682 acres, on a branch of Cane Creek, adj John Wright
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 94-C
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 239

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 4/287). Our record above is drawn from it.

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