Morgan Closs estate by commissioners to Junius T Closs & Catherine R Closs

The deed

Kind of deed

Division of land

Date

6 November 1873

From

Morgan Closs estate

To

Junius T Closs; Catherine R Closs

Acting as

commissioners

Land

1. First tract: 417.5 acres, lot 1
   Waterways: both sides of Presswood Creek
   Neighbors: William Stroud; Pleasant Barbee; late Hargraves
   Roads and landmarks: Oxford Road; the Durham Road
2. Second tract: 84.5 acres, lot 1
   Waterways: waters of first Creek of the New Hope
   Neighbors: William Kirkland
3. Third tract: lot 1, in Durham
4. Fourth tract: in Durham
   Neighbors: J T Davis; Ferrell
   Roads and landmarks: Main Street extension
5. Fifth tract: in Durham
   Neighbors: Ferrel
   Roads and landmarks: the street
6. Sixth tract: 1.875 acres, lot 5, in Durham
   Neighbors: Ferrell; Redman; late Parrish
7. Seventh tract: lot 5, in Durham
   Neighbors: W Halliburton; Mrs Lyon; Whitted; A Rigsbee
   Roads and landmarks: the academy; Masons Lodge
8. Eighth tract: 0.46 acres, lot 8, in Durham
   Neighbors: J S Lockhart; Julian S Carr; Redman property
9. Ninth tract: 0.9 acres, lot 10, in Durham
   Neighbors: William Mangum
   Roads and landmarks: Dillard Street
10. Tenth tract: 0.6 acres, occupied by Mr Bowles, in Durham, bounded by lot 8
    Neighbors: J S Carr; Ream now Parrish
    Roads and landmarks: Redmon Street; Main Street
11. Eleventh tract: 1.5 acres, Bulls lot, in Durham, bounded by lots 11, 10
    Neighbors: Mangum
12. Twelfth tract: 285.4 acres, bounded by lot 2
    Waterways: on Bolin Creek; on branch
    Neighbors: Henderson; Tenny; Couch
    Roads and landmarks: Oxford road; mouth of a lane; house where Alex Cheek formerly lived
13. Thirteenth tract: 0.33 acres, in Durham
    Roads and landmarks: New Street; Dillard Street
14. Fourteenth tract: 0.14 acres, in Durham
    Roads and landmarks: New Street
15. Fifteenth tract: 0.33 acres, in Durham
    Neighbors: Julian S Carr; Ream
    Roads and landmarks: New Street
16. Sixteenth tract: 0.5 acres, in Durham
    Roads and landmarks: Main Street
17. Seventeenth tract: 0.7 acres, in Durham
    Neighbors: C Green; Driver
    Roads and landmarks: Main Street
18. Eighteenth tract: 0.58 acres, now in possession of W T Gilman, lot 14, in Durham
    Roads and landmarks: the angle of Closs New Street; Dillard Street

Citation

ODB 42/97
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Reading notes: The published abstract also gives 2.48 and 3.667 acres, figures not assigned to any one tract here.

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 42 (look for ODB 42/97). Our record above is drawn from it.