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Orange County Indexed

George Doherty to Absalom Tatom

May 1790 · ODB 5/622

The deed

Kind of deed
Town lot sale
Date
May 1790
From
George Doherty
To
Absalom Tatom
Land
10125 square feet, lot 25, in Hillsborough, bounded by lot 26
Neighbors
John Nichols; Doherty; Tatum
Roads and landmarks
Churton Street; King Street
Citation
ODB 5/622
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).

Reading notes: Only the month or court term is given.

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 5/622). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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