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Deed proved: Mrs. Allen wife of Saml. Allen to Wm. Courtney

February 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Right of Dower in House and Lott in Hillsborough, Mrs. Allen wife of Saml. Allen to Wm. Courtney.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
February 1779 term
Grantor
Mrs. Allen wife of Saml. Allen
Grantee
Wm. Courtney
Instrument
Right of Dower in House and Lott in Hillsborough
Places
Hillsborough

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 32-63
  • 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 32 (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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