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Deed: James (or Famus) S...?.. to Eliza Simons

Will Book B, page 14 · dated 24 September 1782

James assigned his land interest to Eliza Simons, widow of Henry Simons.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
James (or Famus) S...?.. (printed JAMES (or FAMUS) S...?..)
Dated
24 September 1782
Proved
Date not given
To
Eliza Simons (relict of Henry Simons)
Witnesses
Ralph Jackson; Eliza Williams
Land
his right in a tract of land
Also named
Henry Simons (deceased)

Reading note: Maker name described as impossible to read: JAMES (or FAMUS) S...?..; no completion inferred.

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 B, page 14.
  • 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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