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Estate account: Willis, Peter Willis, George

February 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Widow Willis’s estate share assigned and authorized sale of George and Bobb to pay Peter Willis’s debts.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
February 1794 term
People
  • Willis (widow; Widow)
  • Peter Willis (deceased)
  • George (enslaved person; enslaved by Peter Willis)
  • Bobb (enslaved person; enslaved by Peter Willis)

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 540
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1794 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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