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wife, 2 lots, Town of Washington; Hampton District. $39,000.
C. E. Johnson Jr. and wife to C.E. Johnson III and others, 650 acres, more or less; Piedmont District. Deed of gift.
Stella Underwood and others to Mabel P. Brooks and husband, 2 lots; Wake
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