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Andrew Murdock Sheriff to John McKerall

6 April 1799 · ODB 7/456

The deed

Kind of deed
Sheriff's sale
Date
6 April 1799
From
Andrew Murdock
To
John McKerall
Acting as
Sheriff
Land
276 acres
Waterways
on Spirit Branch; on Eno River
Neighbors
John Estes; Lytle; William Crabtree; David Strayhorn; Conner
Citation
ODB 7/456
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 7/456). Our record above is drawn from it.

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