Gilbert Strayhorn to William Ferguson Thompson

The deed

Kind of deed

Land sale

Date

16 July 1796

From

Gilbert Strayhorn

To

William Ferguson Thompson

Land

1. Tract 1: 100 acres
   Waterways: waters of Eno River; on Meeting House Spring
   Neighbors: John Strayhorn
   Roads and landmarks: graveyard; road

Earlier title

NC to Strayhorn for 200 acres

Citation

ODB 5/485
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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

• Proved at the August 1796 court, 26 August 1796 (OCPQS 5/129)

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 5/485). Our record above is drawn from it.