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"A Deed from Zachariah Lea to Wm. Lea proved by two wits & O.C."
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From: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:24:23 -0500
>what exactly do the minute book entries say????
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> From: hwelch
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> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:56 AM
> Subject: Partly Proven Deeds
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> In researching my Lee family in Orange Co. I came across two
> entries in the minute books for deeds that were never recorded.
> The time period was 1801 - 1803. These deeds don't show up
> anywhere in the Orange Co. deed books. Among LVA's microfilm
> holdings for Orange Co. are several rolls of "Partly Proven
Deeds"
> on which I found the two deeds mentioned in the minute books.
>
> My question to the list is, are the "partly proven deeds" on
this
> microfilm, copies of the original deeds? Based on my
> understanding of the "proving" process, my first thought was
that
> these were the originals being held, pending the remaining
> witnesses showing up before the clerk or JP. The problem is
that
> the handwriting through out the deeds, including *most* of the
> signatures, looks the same.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Harriet Lee Welch
>
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