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Orange County Indexed

John Howell of Rockingham to Edward Thomas

1792 · ODB 5/15

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1792
From
John Howell
To
Edward Thomas
Land
212 acres
Waterways
waters of Stinking Quarter Creek; on Beaver Creek
Neighbors
Adam Smith
Roads and landmarks
the Great Road
Citation
ODB 5/15
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 40003, “Record of Deeds, 1787-1798, Vols. 5, 6” (State Archives film).

Reading notes: Only the year is given.

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 5 (look for ODB 5/15). Our record above is drawn from it.

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