Orange County Indexed

Deed of trust, 21 March 1853

Put Sandy, about 42, Osborn, about 50, Nancy, 55 to 60, and any other people Palmer held in trust with Nathaniel J Palmer, along with his mill, town lots, stores, railroad stock and debts owed him.

Date: 21 March 1853
Record: Deed of trust
Citation: Orange County Deed Book 34/246
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From: James M Palmer
To: Nathaniel J Palmer
People whose names were not recorded: Any other slaves Palmer has an interest in

People named

Name as recorded	Age	Notes
Sandy	about 42
Osborn	about 50
Nancy	about 55 or 60

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

27 January 1846: deed from Osmond F Long to James Webb Jr for two acres by the mill dam

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: James M Palmer to Nathaniel J Palmer trustee, 21 March 1853

Sources

Orange County Register of Deeds, Expanded Collection of All Sales of Enslaved People in Orange County (2021), abstracts by Mark Chilton. This entry summarizes Chilton’s abstract. Orange County Indexed wrote the description.

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