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Child support order

November 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Jas Pratt to pay Elizabeth Hastings five pounds annually for five years from the child’s birth, ending earlier if the child died.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
November 1787 term
People
Amounts
Five pounds
Other dates
five years; birth of sd Child

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 88
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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