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Deed: John Shaw

Will Book B, page 188 · dated 18 March 1792 · proved May 1792

John Shaw and Seany Shaw renounced title to land previously conveyed to Seany Jones in infancy.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
John Shaw (printed JOHN SHAW)
Dated
18 March 1792
Proved
May 1792 court
Witnesses
James Trice; Mark Barbee; Zachariah Boothe
Land
land on Bolings Creek in Orange County
Places
Bolings Creek; Orange County
Also named
Seany Jones (in her infancy); John Boothe (conveyed land)

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 188.
  • 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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