Estate account: Joseph Taylor, Thomas Mullen, James Ross

On Joseph Taylor’s motion, Thomas Mullen’s will was withheld from record pending next court; three witnesses were summoned concerning administration involving James Ross.

Kind of business

Estate account

Court

May 1782 term

People

• Joseph Taylor (attorney; Esq.)
• Thomas Mullen (testator; decd.)
• James Ross (administrator)
• Richard Claytor (witness)
• James Kennaday (witness)
• Margaret Wilson (witness)

Other dates

next Court

Reading note: The text reads now Letters of Adm. issued after may not be recorded; whether letters were withheld or issued is unclear. Thomas Mullen differs from James Mullin on PDF66.

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 3-122
• 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 3 (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).