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Child support order: Jno Breeze, Mary

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered reputed father Jno Breeze to pay Thomas Curtis and Mary £18 for support of Mary’s child.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1787 term
People
Amounts
£18
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/35: May 1787 term →

Reading note: Jno Breeze was also written John Breeze; Mary subsequently appeared as Mary Curtis.

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 60
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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