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Deed of gift: Mark Morgan to Mark Morgan and others

Will Book B, page 186 · dated 31 May 1792 · proved May 1792

Mark Morgan gave land to his three sons.

Kind of paper
Deed of gift
Made by
Mark Morgan (printed MARK MORGAN), of Orange Co., N.C
Dated
31 May 1792
Proved
May 1792 court
To
Mark Morgan (three sons; of the same county); John Morgan (three sons; of the same county); Solomon Morgan (three sons; of the same county)
Witnesses
John Scott; Phillip Allan; Albert Sears; William Goodwin
Land
certain tracts of land

Reading note: First book page marker faint; best reading B-186.

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 186.
  • 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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