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Deed: Goin Barbee to Benjamin Barbee

Will Book C, page 26 · dated 27 November 1793 · proved August 1794

Goin Barbee sold Benjamin Barbee land on a prong of New Hope Creek.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
Goin Barbee (printed GOIN BARBEE), of Wake County, N.C.
Dated
27 November 1793
Proved
August 1794 court
To
BENJAMIN BARBEE
Witnesses
Jos. Burnett; John Barbee
Land
surveyed for John Barbee, Sr ... lying on prong of the N. East of New Hope (Creek)
Places
N. East of New Hope (Creek)
Also named
John Barbee (surveyed for; Sr)

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 C, page 26.
  • 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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