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Orange County Indexed

Joseph Courtney to William Kirkland

30 November 1799 · ODB 8/297

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
30 November 1799
From
Joseph Courtney
To
William Kirkland
Land
  1. Lot 2: 118 acres, lot 2, bounded by lots 1, 3
    Waterways: waters of Eno River
    Neighbors: Carrington's; Miss Burke; William Kirkland; Jehu Whitted; Mary Watts; William Courtney Sr
    Roads and landmarks: the fork of the road from Hillsborough to Halifax; lot 1; lot 3
Citation
ODB 8/297
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 8/297). Our record above is drawn from it.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

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