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Orange County Indexed

Deed of trust, 1 September 1821

Thomas Hunt put 312 acres on Morgan Creek and four people, Dick, Jesse, Hary and Rose, in trust with John Taylor and William McCauley for himself and his wife Mary for life, then to be divided among his grandchildren.

Date
1 September 1821
Record
Deed of trust
Citation
Orange County Deed Book 19/192
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From
Thomas Hunt
To
John Taylor; William McCauley
People whose names were not recorded
A slave each already given to Harriet Adams and Thomas Edwin Hunt [not named]

People named

Name as recordedAgeNotes
Dick
Jesse
HaryAlso read as Hardy (UNCG’s reading)
Rose

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