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John Compton Jr & Lucinda Compton to John Compton Sr

28 May 1871 · ODB 40/474

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
28 May 1871
From
John Compton Jr; Lucinda Compton
To
John Compton Sr
Land
73 acres
Waterways
waters of Back Creek
Neighbors
C Murphy; Rebeccca Gattis
Citation
ODB 40/474
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 40020, “Record of Deeds, 1869-1872, Vols. 39, 40” (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 40 (look for ODB 40/474). Our record above is drawn from it.

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