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Guardianship

25 August 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered a jury inquiry into James Heflin’s mental capacity.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
August 1791 term, 25 August 1791
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/371: August 1791 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/398: February 1792 term →

Reading note: One alternative in the inquiry’s wording was unreadable; no finding was recorded here.

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 367
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1791 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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