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Orange County Indexed

Robert Jordan to Thomas Jordan

20 December 1796 · ODB 7/402

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
20 December 1796
From
Robert Jordan
To
Thomas Jordan
Land
  1. Tract 1: 360 acres
    Waterways: waters of N Fork of Little River
    Roads and landmarks: Great Road from Hillsborough to Dan River
  2. Held back from the sale: 160 acres
Earlier title
NC to Robert Jordan 25 Oct 1782
Citation
ODB 7/402
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 7/402). Our record above is drawn from it.

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