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Orange County Indexed

Estate account: Elizabeth Johnston, John Johnson

November 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Elizabeth Johnston’s twenty-shilling claim against John Johnson’s estate was allowed.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
November 1764 term
People
Amounts
20 shillings

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 248
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 112
  • 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).
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