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Deed of gift: Carnes Tinnen to Robert Tinnen

Will Book A, page 378 · dated 4 October 1787 · proved February 1788

Carnes Tinnen made a gift to son Robert Tinnen.

Kind of paper
Deed of gift
Made by
Carnes Tinnen (printed CARNES TINNEN)
Dated
4 October 1787
Proved
February 1788 court
To
Robert Tinnen (son)
Witnesses
Jacob Lake; Wm. Tate
In the records of enslaved people
  • Beamer? (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

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 378.
  • 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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