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William Chamberlin & Hanna Chamberlin to William Guy

18 September 1794 · ODB 5/250

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
18 September 1794
From
William Chamberlin; Hanna Chamberlin
To
William Guy
Land
  1. First tract: 300 acres
    Neighbors: Alexander Lackey; Joseph Duncan; John McMunn
  2. Second tract: 260 acres, bounded by lots 9, 4
    Waterways: on Eno River
    Neighbors: Alexander Lackey; John Logue; Thomas Thompson
    Roads and landmarks: number 9; number 4
Earlier title
from John Thompson & wife Priscilla Thompson to William Chamberlin 19 Feb 1765 from Moses Embree to Jonas Chamberlin 17 Sep 1768 Jonas Chamberlin’s will 10 Aug 1768 provided that if any of sons moved to NC they could have land, executor sold land to William Chamberlin 28 Feb last
Citation
ODB 5/250
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.

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 5/250). Our record above is drawn from it.

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