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The following real estate transactions were recorded recently at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office in Washington.
Edwin M. Martin to T. Allan Comp and wife, 28.2199 acres, Hawthorne District. $112,595.
Thomas Athey Walker and wife to Maureen J. Kaiser, 1/2
97.7%