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William Dickens to Henry Nollner

February 1797 · ODB 5/665

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
February 1797
From
William Dickens
To
Henry Nollner
Land
  1. First tract: measure not given
    Waterways: on Flat River; on Deep Creek
    Neighbors: Gibson
    Roads and landmarks: Person County line
  2. Second tract: measure not given
    Waterways: on Flat River; on branch
    Neighbors: Carrington
    Roads and landmarks: Hillsborough Old Road; Old Mill Path; Person County line; Mill Seat
Citation
ODB 5/665
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. The published abstract also gives 555 acres, a figure not assigned to any one tract here.

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 5/665). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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