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Orange County Indexed

Bill of sale: John McDaniel to Daniel Foust

Will Book B, page 81 · dated 20 January 1790

John McDaniel and wife Mary made a bill of sale to Daniel Foust.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
John McDaniel (printed JOHN McDANIEL), of Cane Creek Settlement of Orange Co.
Dated
20 January 1790
To
Daniel Foust
Witnesses
John Murray (?); James Neal

Reading note: Subject of sale not stated. Witness John Murray (?) uncertain.

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 81.
  • 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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