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Deed (sale or gift not stated), 8 September 1812

Conveyed to Elizabeth and Sarah Bell Egbert Bell's claim to the land, enslaved people and goods their grandfather Egbert Haywood left their mother, then held by the people' guardians William Shepherd, William Berry Grove and Samuel Ashe.

Date
8 September 1812
Record
Deed (sale or gift not stated)
Citation
Orange County Deed Book 14/354
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.
From
Egbert Bell
To
Elizabeth Bell; Sarah Bell
People whose names were not recorded
Negroes devised by Egbert Haywood (unnumbered)

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This page is drawn from abstracts and catalog entries, not from the original document. Before relying on it, check the deed book page.

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