Deed of gift: Paterson (x) Daniel to Roger Daniel

Paterson Daniel gave one hundred acres to his brother Roger Daniel.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Paterson (x) Daniel (printed PATERSON (x) DANIEL)

Dated

As printed: “No date”

Proved

1794 (no day or month given)

To

Roger Daniel (brother)

Witnesses

Francis Nash; J or I. Walker

Land

a tract of land, 100 acres

Places

town of Hillsborough

Also named

Christopher Daniel (adjoining landowner); John Daniel (adjoining landowner); Thomas Trice (adjoining landowner); Joseph Bough (adjoining landowner)

Reading note: Probate year questioned and month absent; witness initial J or I.

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 284.
• 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).