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John Debow estate by executor to George Hodge

22 January 1789 · ODB 4/301

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
22 January 1789
From
John Debow estate
To
George Hodge
Acting as
executor
Land
  1. Tract 1: 100 acres
    Waterways: head of Haw Creek
    Neighbors: Murdah
    Roads and landmarks: Old Trading Road; Great Road
  2. Held back from the sale: 2.5 acres
    Roads and landmarks: Meeting House
Citation
ODB 4/301
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

  • State grant file: Ofile 966
  • Later title: ODB 2/109 (John Debow)

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 4/301). Our record above is drawn from it.

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