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John Latta Sr to James Jackson

1 October 1790 · ODB 4/402

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 October 1790
From
John Latta Sr
To
James Jackson
Land
  1. First tract: 64 acres
    Waterways: fork of Little River
    Neighbors: Clark; John Dunagan
  2. Second tract: 250 acres
    Neighbors: John Kelly; James Faucett
  3. Third tract: 160 acres
    Neighbors: James Jackson
Earlier title
NC to John Jackson 7 Oct 1782
Citation
ODB 4/402
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

  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 344
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 549
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 2573
  • State grant file: Ofile 1346
  • State grant file: Ofile 1349
  • Later title: ODB 3/418 (John Pinkerton)
  • Later title: ODB 3/168 (John Latta)
  • Earlier title: ODB 2/407
  • Later title: OCPQS 3/355 (William Jackson)
  • Later title: OCPQS 3/539 (Hardwick Davis)
  • Earlier title: ODB 2/409
  • Proved at the February 1791 court, 4 March 1791 (minutes OCPQS 4/335; the deed-book note gives OCPQS 4/333)

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 4/402). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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