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John Carrington to John McKee & John Mackae Jr & Duncan Mackae

15 May 1795 · ODB 5/400

The deed

Kind of deed
Deed of trust or mortgage
Date
15 May 1795
From
John Carrington
To
John McKee; John Mackae Jr; Duncan Mackae
Land
  1. First tract: 750 acres
    Waterways: on Little Creek
    Neighbors: Dickens; Evans
    Roads and landmarks: Glenn’s field; County line
  2. Second tract: 250 acres
    Waterways: waters of Knap of Reeds Creek
    Neighbors: Jacob Cozart; Abraham Madeire; David Roberts; Thomas Yoakley
    Roads and landmarks: Granville County line
  3. Third tract: 300 acres
    Waterways: waters of Flat River
    Neighbors: William Ashley; John Carrington
    Roads and landmarks: the Mill Path; the Great Road; the Small Mill Path; the Mountain; the New Road; Mill Path; Great Road; Small Mill Path; New Road
Earlier title
Abraham Davis to Carrington Arthur Moore to Carrington James Carrington to John Carrington
Citation
ODB 5/400
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 5/400). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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