Mortgage: James ? Gideon ? to Eliza Lemon

James Gideon pledged his land to Eliza Lemon as security for money owed before travelling west.

Kind of paper

Mortgage

Made by

James ? Gideon ?

Dated

24 September 1782

To

Eliza Lemon (the Relict of Henry Lemon)

Witnesses

Philip Jackson; Elizabeth Williams

Land

all his Right Title & Claim to her the deed of his land

Also named

Henry Lemon (deceas'd)

Reading note: Signature very bad; printed James ? Gideon ?, indexed as I. Gideon.

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

• The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
• 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), page 1.