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Guardianship: James Carson, William Shepperd, Robert Scoby

May 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Carson and William Shepperd were assigned to settle Robert Scoby’s accounts for Solomon and Stephen Debow’s guardianship and report.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
May 1793 term
People
Other dates
1791; 1792
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/95: May 1796 term →

Reading note: The deceased parent’s given name was unreadable.

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 452
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1793 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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