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Orange County Indexed

Guardianship: John Weems, Alexander McCarty, Wm. McCarthy

August 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Weems became guardian of Alexander McCarty, orphan of Wm. McCarthy, on a £1,000 bond secured by Thos. Connelly and Wm. Pickett.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
August 1779 term
People
Amounts
1000 pounds

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 35-71
  • 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 38 (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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