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Orange County Indexed

Robert Cate to Charles Kelly

27 July 1791 · ODB 4/621

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
27 July 1791
From
Robert Cate
To
Charles Kelly
Land
75 acres
Waterways
both sides of Marshalls Branch; on Little Cane Creek
Neighbors
Malachi McDaniel
Earlier title
Jos Durham to Cates|NC to Durham 1 Sep 1785
Citation
ODB 4/621
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).

Reading notes: The abstract gives some bounds by direction (north, south and so on); the neighbors are listed here without them.

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 4/621). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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