Orange County Indexed
Child support order: Gilly Forsyth, Richard Henderson, John Lea
August 1766 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Gilly Forsyth swore Richard Henderson fathered her child; Henderson was bonded for superior court with John Lea and William Lea as bondsmen.
- Kind of business
- Child support order
- Court
- August 1766 term
- People
- Gilly Forsyth (mother)
- Richard Henderson (named father)
- John Lea (surety)
- William Lea (surety)
- Amounts
- £ 50
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 453
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 138
- 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).
