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Orange County Indexed

James Carrington to John Carrington

27 May 1788 · ODB 4/578

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
27 May 1788
From
James Carrington
To
John Carrington
Land
1086 acres
Waterways
on Flat River; mouth of John Carrington's Mill Creek
Neighbors
James Cozart
Roads and landmarks
John Carrington's Mill
Citation
ODB 4/578
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

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 4/578). Our record above is drawn from it.

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