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Orange County Indexed

Mortgage, 9 September 1817

Archibald D Murphey pledged 2,500 acres, including his home tract on Haw River and Alamance Creek, and ten enslaved men to Duncan Cameron to secure three bonds of Benjamin W L Cabell that Murphey had assigned to Cameron.

Date
9 September 1817
Record
Mortgage
Citation
Orange County Deed Book 16/132
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From
Archibald D Murphey
To
Duncan Cameron

People named

Name as recordedAgeNotes
Jo
Bob
TonyAlso read as Jory (UNCG’s reading)
Henry
HanyAlso read as Harry (UNCG’s reading)
QuameyAlso read as Quamy (UNCG’s reading)
Dan
Charles
CeasarAlso read as Caesar (UNCG’s reading)
Jesse

Each name links to every record naming someone of that name. Family ties are listed only where the record states them.

Other dates in the record

  • 6 March 1817: date of the Cabell bonds

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

Sources

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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