Skip to content

Orange County Indexed

Jacob Riley to John Riley

8 September 1795 · ODB 5/281

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
8 September 1795
From
Jacob Riley
To
John Riley
Land
240 acres
Waterways
on East branch of Eno River; on branch of Eno River; on Mile Branch
Neighbors
Nelson
Roads and landmarks
the Great Road; the Walnut Ford
Citation
ODB 5/281
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 5/281). Our record above is drawn from it.

Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026