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John Moore to Thomas Robinson

30 June 1798 · ODB 7/279

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
30 June 1798
From
John Moore
To
Thomas Robinson
Land
  1. Tract 1: 121.5 acres
    Waterways: on Haw River
    Neighbors: Oldfield John Moore
    Roads and landmarks: fork of a branch
Earlier title
part of 190 acres Granville to George Smith 6 Dec 1761
Citation
ODB 7/279
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 40004, “Record of Deeds, 1798-1800, Vols. 7, 8” (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: Gv625, to George Smith, 6 December 1761, 190 acres, on N side of Haw River
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 100-D
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1192
  • Proved at the August 1798 court (OCPQS 5/434)

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 7 (look for ODB 7/279). Our record above is drawn from it.

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