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Administration of an estate: Henry Massey, Thomas Phillips, Ben Blake

August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Ben Blake granted to Henry Massey and Thomas Phillips; sureties Robt. Abercrombie and Arch. Cain.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
August 1785 term
People
Amounts
2000 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 10-252
  • 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 10 (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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