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Jesse Benton by Sheriff John Sloss to James Thompson

2 July 1792 · ODB 4/614

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
2 July 1792
From
Jesse Benton
To
James Thompson
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
300 acres
Waterways
on Eno River
Neighbors
Stephen Hart; William Walton; Robert Burnside
Citation
ODB 4/614
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 4/614). Our record above is drawn from it.

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