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Malcomb Smith to Moses Atwater

29 December 1797 · ODB 7/427

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
29 December 1797
From
Malcomb Smith
To
Moses Atwater
Land
100 acres
Waterways
waters of Terrells Creek
Roads and landmarks
Chatham County line
Citation
ODB 7/427
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 7/427). Our record above is drawn from it.

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