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Orange County Indexed

James Smothers to John Rumbley

7 October 1796 · ODB 8/188

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
7 October 1796
From
James Smothers
To
John Rumbley
Land
239 acres
Neighbors
Nehemiah Cook; John Stalcup; John Danley
Citation
ODB 8/188
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 8 (look for ODB 8/188). Our record above is drawn from it.

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