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James Willis to Lewis Kirk

10 October 1792 · ODB 4/630

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
10 October 1792
From
James Willis
To
Lewis Kirk
Land
  1. First tract: 550 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Collins Creek; on Mebanes Branch; on School House Spring Branch; on Rocky Branch
    Neighbors: William Stroud
  2. Second tract: 81 acres
    Waterways: waters of Collins Creek
    Neighbors: John Edwards
Citation
ODB 4/630
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 4/630). Our record above is drawn from it.

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