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John Adams & Margaret Adams to John Young by guardian

16 April 1790 · ODB 4/435A

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
16 April 1790
From
John Adams; Margaret Adams
To
John Young
Acting as
guardian
Land
88.5 acres
Waterways
waters of Grays Creek; on Eno River
Citation
ODB 4/435A
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 4 (look for ODB 4/435A). Our record above is drawn from it.

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