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Orange County Indexed

Bill of sale: Thomas R. Cate to John S. Cate

Will Book D, page 614 · dated 7 November 1818 · proved February 1819

Thomas Cate made a bill of sale to John S. Cate.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
Thomas R. Cate (printed THOMAS R. CATE)
Dated
7 November 1818
Proved
February 1819 court
To
JOHN S. CATE
Witness
Solomon Cate

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 D, page 614.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 98.
  • 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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