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Orange County Indexed

Administration of an estate: Wm. McCauley, Henry Hastings, James Hunter

May 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Hohn Hunter granted to Wm. McCauley, Henry Hastings and James Hunter; sureties Charles Johnston and Jos. Glosson.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
May 1777 term
People
Amounts
500 pounds

Reading note: Hohn is the printed spelling in this administration item; nearby inventory and sale items say John.

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 2-3
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 2 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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