Orange County Indexed
Guardianship: Joseph, Mary Douglas, Jeremiah Douglas
July 1754 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Josias Dixon and Lawrence Thompson became guardians of Jeremiah Douglas’s orphan children Joseph and Mary Douglas, whose grandfather Joseph Sharp left legacies held by Thomas Brian.
- Kind of business
- Guardianship
- Court
- July 1754 term
- People
- Joseph (ward; orphan)
- Mary Douglas (ward; orphan)
- Jeremiah Douglas (deceased; late of Pennsylvania, dec'd)
- Joseph Sharp (deceased; their grandfather)
- Josias Dixon (guardian)
- Lawrence Thompson (guardian)
- Elizabeth Reed (wife of William Reed)
- William Reed
- Thomas Brian
- Places
- Pennsylvania; London Grove; County of Chester; Chester County
Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.
Where to find it
- Folio and page 20-39
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 12
- Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
