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Estate of John Jenkins by executor to Lewis Ballard

11 January 1794 · ODB 5/227

The deed

Kind of deed
Sale by executor or administrator
Date
11 January 1794
From
Estate
To
Lewis Ballard
Acting as
executor
Land
341 acres
Waterways
both sides of Northeast Creek; on New Hope Creek; on Buffalo Branch; on Flat Branch
Neighbors
Joseph Fennell; Hopson; Ephraim Beasley; Jesse Beasley
Citation
ODB 5/227
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).

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 5 (look for ODB 5/227). Our record above is drawn from it.

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