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Orange County Indexed

Deed: Patrick McColloch to John Woods

Will Book B, page 25 · dated 20 August 1785

Patrick McColloch conveyed 100 acres to John Woods after Patrick and his unnamed wife died.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
Patrick McColloch (printed PATRICK McCOLLOCH)
Dated
20 August 1785
To
John Woods (son of Hugh Woods)
Witnesses
Andrew Patterson; John Elliott
Land
100 acres of land
Also named
Hugh Woods

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 25.
  • 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).
  • Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
  • 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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