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Administration of an estate: Mark Patterson, Jno G Rencher, John Patterson

November 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of John Patterson granted to Mark Patterson and Jno G Rencher; sureties John Bryant, Jno Barbee, Joseph Taylor and 3 others.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1787 term
People
Places
Orange
Amounts
five hundred pounds; fifteen hundred pounds
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/114: May 1788 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 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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