Legal Papers, 1875-1926
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Legal documents pertaining to the buying of properties and mortgages. The majority of the documents are deeds of trust on the properties Leary bought and eventually sold. The earliest date, 1875, refers to a deed of that year naming Josephine Leary and her purchase of the "Cheshire store house" in Edenton. This property, as with many of Leary's other properties, probably was destroyed by the 1873 fire.
The legal documents also include the death certificate of Josephine Leary and the clerk superior court's appointment of Clara Ryan as the administer of Leary's estate. The legal documents after Leary's death are primarily concerned with Clara Ryan's payments of Leary's debts. Folder 4 contains preservation photocopies of several deeds and Leary's death certificate.
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