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Orange County Indexed

Estate account: Robert Burton

February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The commission appointed in August to divide Robert Burton’s estate returned its report.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
February 1778 term
People
Other dates
August Court

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 18-35
  • 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 14 (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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