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Orange County Indexed

William Pickett to John Warren

1 March 1797 · ODB 5/682

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
1 March 1797
From
William Pickett
To
John Warren
Land
  1. Tract 1: 96 acres
    Waterways: both sides of Forresters Creek
    Neighbors: James Davis
Earlier title
part of 385 acres orignially granted to Robert Davis
Citation
ODB 5/682
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 5/682). Our record above is drawn from it.

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