Guardianship: Josiah Watkins, John Rogers, Elizabeth Williams

Josiah Watkins sought Supreme Court review after the Williams children were bound to John Rogers and guardianship was denied to Watkins and Elizabeth Williams.

Kind of business

Guardianship

Court

December 1756 term

People

• Josiah Watkins (petitioner)
• John Rogers (master)
• Elizabeth Williams (mother; supposed mother)

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 47-94
• Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 27
• 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).