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Johnston Jones to William Harvey

18 October 1797 · ODB 7/399

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
18 October 1797
From
Johnston Jones
To
William Harvey
Land
230 acres
Waterways
waters of Haw River
Neighbors
John Murray; Jesse Towell
Earlier title
NC to Thomas Jones 18 May 1789
Citation
ODB 7/399
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.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 7 (look for ODB 7/399). Our record above is drawn from it.

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