Orange County Indexed
Child support order: Thomas Atkinson, Elizabeth Whithead, Polley Whitehead
May 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Thomas Atkinson, described as reputed father, was ordered to secure support for Elizabeth Whithead, Polley Whitehead’s infant daughter.
- Kind of business
- Child support order
- Court
- May 1794 term
- People
- Thomas Atkinson (named father)
- Elizabeth Whithead (ward)
- Polley Whitehead (mother)
- Benjamin Dixon (surety)
- Absalom Roach (surety)
- Amounts
- one hundred & fifty pounds
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 559
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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).
