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J E Cain & James F Cain & T R Cain & Mary R Ruffin & P B Ruffin to Thomas Ruffin trustee

1 January 1872 · ODB 40/512

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
1 January 1872
From
J E Cain; James F Cain; T R Cain; Mary R Ruffin; P B Ruffin
To
Thomas Ruffin
Acting as
trustee
Land
  1. First tract: 1420 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Eno River
    Neighbors: Benton Ray; N H Simons
  2. Second tract: 132 acres
Citation
ODB 40/512
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 40/512). Our record above is drawn from it.

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