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Deed: James Armstrong to Thomas Armstrong

Will Book A, page 348 · dated 3 May 1786 · proved May 1786

James Armstrong conveyed an unnamed enslaved person to grandson Thomas Armstrong.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
James Armstrong (printed JAMES ARMSTRONG), Planter
Dated
3 May 1786
Proved
May 1786 court
To
THOMAS ARMSTRONG (grandson; of Lincoln County, Va.)
Witnesses
Jacob Lake; Mary Lake
Enslaved people not named
For one enslaved person

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book A, page 348.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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