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Orange County Indexed

John Merritt to John Rhodes

26 February 1787 · ODB 6/4

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
26 February 1787
From
John Merritt
To
John Rhodes
Land
42 acres
Waterways
Second Creek; on New Hope Creek
Neighbors
Merritt
Earlier title
NC to Merritt 13 Mar 1780
Citation
ODB 6/4
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 6 (look for ODB 6/4). Our record above is drawn from it.

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