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Orange County Indexed

Guardianship: Man Patterson, Benjamin Yeargin

29 May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Man Patterson selected Benjamin Yeargin to serve as guardian.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
May 1787 term, 29 May 1787
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/50: November 1795 term →

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 26
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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