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Orange County Indexed

Estate account: Jno Holden, Isaac Holden, William Whitehead

27 February 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Isaac Holden’s devised land partitioned, with the consenting claimants drawing lots unless they agreed otherwise.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
February 1787 term, 27 February 1787
People
Amounts
four fifths; one fifth
In the will books

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

  • Minute book 4, page 3
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1787 term
  • 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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