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John Davis to John Latta

20 April 1793 · ODB 4/645

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
20 April 1793
From
John Davis
To
John Latta
Land
  1. Tract 1: 192 acres
    Waterways: waters of Forresters Creek
    Roads and landmarks: field
Earlier title
Granville to Robert Davis 12 Mar 1755
Citation
ODB 4/645
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

  • Granville grant: Gv71, to Robert Davis, 12 March 1755, 385 acres, on both sides of Forresters Creek, adj James Taylor
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 88-K
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 309

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 4/645). Our record above is drawn from it.

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