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Orange County Indexed

Moses Crawford to John Simpson

6 November 1793 · ODB 4/737

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
6 November 1793
From
Moses Crawford
To
John Simpson
Land
255 acres
Waterways
waters of Mills Creek
Neighbors
Armstrong; Galt; Kennedy; Sloss
Roads and landmarks
the Great Road
Citation
ODB 4/737
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

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 4/737). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • The compiler notes this may repeat another entry.
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