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Orange County Indexed

David McSwain to John Moore

4 June 1792 · ODB 4/636

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
4 June 1792
From
David McSwain
To
John Moore
Land
300 acres
Waterways
on Haw River
Neighbors
John Lindley; Jonathan Davis
Roads and landmarks
Chatham County line
Citation
ODB 4/636
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 4/636). Our record above is drawn from it.

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