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Orange County Indexed

Deed (sale or gift not stated), 15 August 1801

Conveyed all of John Holt's estate to eight named people: 300 acres, ten enslaved people (Mairs, Hannah, Nan, Duk, Dinah, Charles, Sam, George, Toney and Jack), livestock and goods, keeping back a few household items for one year.

Date
15 August 1801
Record
Deed (sale or gift not stated)
Citation
Orange County Deed Book 10/157
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From
John Holt
To
Mary Loy; Elisabeth Lackey; Shadrach Holt; John Holt; Amelia Wilhite; Jeremiah Holt; Eleanor Albright; William Holt

People named

Name as recordedAgeNotes
Mairs
Hannah
Nan
DukAlso read as Dick (UNCG’s reading)
Dinah
Charles
Sam
George
Toney
Jack

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