If you can’t find a deed of sale for your ancestor’s real property that he owned at one time but apparently did not own later, consider the fact that he didn’t acctually sell it. If your ancestor’s taxes became sufficiently delinquent, his property would be sold to pay those taxes. In the United States these sales are usually indexed under “Sheriff” as the grantor on the deed and not the name of your ancestor.
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