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William Littlejohn to George Alston

15 March 1795 · ODB 5/476

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
15 March 1795
From
William Littlejohn
To
George Alston
Land
  1. Tract 1: 128 acres
    Waterways: waters of Middle Fork of Eno River
    Neighbors: James Carson; Lewis Garrett; Jonas Chamberlin; Thomas Lackey
Earlier title
Granville to Alexander Lackey 17 Aug 1759
Citation
ODB 5/476
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

  • Granville grant: Gv310, to Alexander Lackey, 17 August 1759, 256 acres, adj Moses Embree, Col Rutherford, Joseph Duncan
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 95-K
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 647
  • Earlier title: OCPQS 3/35

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 5/476). Our record above is drawn from it.

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