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Orange County Indexed

Division of an estate, 16 January 1819

John Young passed Sarah to his Adams half-brothers and Charles Cox jointly, under his 1811 agreement to hold John Adams's people, bought at a constable's sale, for Adams and Young's mother Margaret and then pass them to the Adams children.

Date
16 January 1819
Record
Division of an estate
Citation
Orange County Deed Book 17/232
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From
John Young
To
William Adams; Charles Cox; James Adams; Meredith Adams; Thomas Adams
People whose names were not recorded
Several slaves of John Adams bought at constable's sale

People named

Name as recordedAgeNotes
Sarah

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Other dates in the record

  • 25 February 1811: Young's agreement to hold the people for John and Margaret Adams

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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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