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McDowell register of deeds reports preservation of early county volumes, finds historic deeds including city boundary and slave records
Summary
Registrar Lydia described a preservation project for early county deed volumes funded with a matching grant and automation funds; staff located the original Marion boundary deed and several slave-deed records and plan further preservation and cataloging.
Lydia, McDowell County’s elected register of deeds, told the Board of Commissioners the office completed initial preservation work on the county’s earliest deed volumes and found historically significant records during the process.
She said the first three volumes were professionally restored with funding from a matching grant and the office’s automation fund.…
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