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Deed proved: Lodowick Swing & Margaret Clap & Daniel May & Henry Wytsell to summon S. Souther

August 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Release, Lodowick Swing & Margaret Clap & Daniel May & Henry Wytsell to summon S. Souther, proved by George Cortner.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
August 1777 term
Grantor
Lodowick Swing; Margaret Clap; Daniel May; Henry Wytsell
Grantee
summon S. Souther
Instrument
Release
Proved by
George Cortner

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 5-9
  • 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 5 (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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