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Orange County Indexed

William Lindsay to Joseph Allison

31 August 1799 · ODB 9/91

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
31 August 1799
From
William Lindsay
To
Joseph Allison
Land
274 acres
Waterways
waters of Eno River
Citation
ODB 9/91
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 40005, “Record of Deeds, 1800-1803, Vols. 9, 10” (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

  • Granville grant: Gv496, to John Logue, 11 February 1761, 280 acres, on head of W Fork of Eno River, adj Gov Johnston
  • Secretary of State land grant: SSLG 95-K
  • Register of Orange reference: RegLn 1918
  • State grant file: Ofile 2472
  • Later title: ODB 3/251 (Matthew Lindsay)

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 9 (look for ODB 9/91). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

  • Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.
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