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Orange County Indexed

William Ansley to son Gilbert Ansley

12 May 1798 · ODB 7/370

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
12 May 1798
From
William Ansley
To
Gilbert Ansley
Land
200 acres
Neighbors
William Ansley; May; Jumping Run; Clinton; Warren
Roads and landmarks
the Meadow Spring
Earlier title
William Wallace to William Ansley 1 Dec 1794
Citation
ODB 7/370
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

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 7/370). Our record above is drawn from it.

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