Orange County NC - DEEDS - Miscellaneous Early Deeds File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ms. Louise Overton ------------------------------------------------------------------- Deed Book 1 Pages 1-3 3 Jan 1755 William ELLIS, county (torn) planter and Mary ELLIS, his wife to John McGEE of Orange, storekeeper, 45 pounds lying on Sandy Creek, (torn) red acres, begin at a Chin(torn) a fork of Sandy Creek on the north side the Trading Path (torn) 60 ch. to a black oak, E 50 ch. to a black (torn) 66 ch. to a stake, W to 1st station, granted ELLIS by Granville 7 Oct 1754, signed: William ELLIS, Mary M. ELLIS wit: and probate date torn off ************************************************************ ********* Deed Book 2 Page 498 4 March 1768 John PRYOR, Lawrence THOMPSON, John PATTERSON, Andrew MITCHELL, John McGEE, Thomas LLOYD, William LEE, Richard PARKER, Tyree HARRIS, David HART, Thomas HART, John KING, John BRANTLEY, Richard SIMPSON, Robert LYTLE, John OLIVER, Thomas HINES, John LEE, William THOMPSON, William JOHNSTON, James THACKSON, John PAINE, George ALLEN, Alexander MEBANE Jr, Nathaniel JONES, and Charles CRAWFORD, present Justices of the Peace for the County of Orange to William JOHNSTON of Orange, merchant, thirty three pounds twelve shillings six pence, twenty five feet square, in town of Hillsboro, formerly Childsburg, where the old prison stood and the prison, begin at a stake in the corner of #9 and #6, E 25 feet to a stake, S 25 feet to a stake, W 25 feet, N 25 feet to first station. signed: David HART, Thos. HART, John KING, Joseph BRANTLEY, Richard SIMPSON, Robert LYTLE, John OLIVER, John LEA, William JOHNSTON, James THACKSON, Lawrence THOMPSON, John PATTERSON, Andrew MITCHELL, John McGEE, Thomas LLOYD, William LEA, Richard PARKER, Tyree HARRIS, Thos. HINES, William THOMPSON, John PAINE, George ALLEN, Alexr. MEBANE, Nathaniel JONES, Charles CRAWFORD wit: Wortham GLEN proved by GLEN 23 March 1769 Deed Book 2 Page 28 3 June 1778 John KING Jr of Orange, planter, and Hannah his wife to Baxter KING of same, two hundred pounds. 135 1/2 acres, begin at a hickory, S 55 E 180 p. to a hickory, S 26 E 140 p. to a white oak, W 66 p. to a white oak, N 180 p., E 44 p. to the first station, part of tract from Granville to John KING 22 Feb 1759 signed John KING. Hannah (S) KING wit: Mark PATTERSON, Charles KING, Nathaniel KING ack: February Term 1778 ************************************************************************** Deed Book 2 Page 366 22 July 1782 John KING of Orange to Nathaniel KING of same, fifty pounds, 195 acres, all land whereon the said Nathaniel KING now lives, on Bolings Creek, begin at a white oak, E 92 p. to Bolings Creek, down creek to a beach, E 60 p. to a hickory, N 160 p. to a white oak, W across the creek 230 p. to a black jack, 120 p. to first station. signed: John KING wit. John HOGAN Jr, Thomas LLOYD Jr no probate record *************************************************************************** Deed Book 1 Page 34 September Court 1755 Mrs Sarah MORGAN, wife of Mark MORGAN, came into open court and acknowledged a Deed of Bargain and Sale Executed to John KING for 380 acres of land by the said Mark MORGAN at Sept. Court 1753 past. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.