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Orange County Indexed

John McMurray to William Jones

13 October 1797 · ODB 8/163

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
13 October 1797
From
John McMurray
To
William Jones
Land
110 acres
Waterways
waters of Hico Creek
Neighbors
Edward Gaines; John Wheeley; Eubanks
Roads and landmarks
the Ridge Path
Citation
ODB 8/163
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 8 (look for ODB 8/163). Our record above is drawn from it.

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