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Guardianship: Richard Cates, Edward Edwards, Richard Edwards

August 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered a jury inquiry in Richard Cates’s guardianship proceeding against John O’Da[niel?] concerning Edward Edwards.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
August 1793 term
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/532: February 1794 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/452: May 1793 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/485: August 1793 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/68: February 1796 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 476
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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