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William Davis to Henry White

12 April 1792 · ODB 5/8

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
12 April 1792
From
William Davis
To
Henry White
Land
195 acres
Waterways
waters of Nelsons Creek
Neighbors
William Davis; Andrew Gibson
Earlier title
Granville to David Phillips
Citation
ODB 5/8
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: Gv655, to David Phillips Sr, 28 June 1762, 700 acres, on S side of Haw River, on Nelsons Run, adj Holt
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 97-K
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 2772
  • Later title: ODB 3/154 (William Davis)

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 5/8). Our record above is drawn from it.

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