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Jesse Benton estate by executor to William Watters

13 October 1791 · ODB 4/460

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
13 October 1791
From
Jesse Benton
To
William Watters
Acting as
executor
Land
108 acres
Waterways
on Eno River; on Fullers Branch
Neighbors
William Watters; Mr Courtney
Roads and landmarks
Old Trading Road
Earlier title
William Newman to Benton 12 Mar 1790
Citation
ODB 4/460
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 4 (look for ODB 4/460). Our record above is drawn from it.

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