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Orange County Indexed

Agreement: Jesse Benton

Will Book A, page 370 · dated 4 June 1783

Jesse Benton and William Shepperd agreed an easement.

Kind of paper
Agreement
Made by
Jesse Benton, of Orange County, N.C.
Dated
4 June 1783
Witnesses
James Boswell; James Gooch

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 370.
  • 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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