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Orange County Indexed

Administration of an estate: Burgess Harrelson

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

Burgess Harrelson’s executors were ordered to qualify after Elijah Harrelson entered and withdrew a caveat.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1779 term, 20 November 1779
People

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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