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Orange County Indexed

Child support order: Meriman Cole, Lucy Burrow

1 March 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Meriman Cole, described as reputed father, was ordered to reimburse Lucy Burrow for three years’ support of her child.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
February 1792 term, 1 March 1792
People
Amounts
fifteen Pounds
Other dates
Six months from this date
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/398: February 1792 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 403
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1792 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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