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Administration of an estate: Elizabeth Wilson, John Wilson, Archelaus Wilson

20 November 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Archelaus Wilson granted to Elizabeth Wilson and John Wilson; sureties Robert McIntyre and Wm. Wilson.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1779 term, 20 November 1779
People
Amounts
20-000 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 38-76
  • 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 40 (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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