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Administration of an estate: Jesse Wells, Joseph Wells, Nathan Wells

November 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Jesse Wells granted to Joseph Wells and Nathan Wells; sureties John Wheelor and Levi Guilford.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1794 term
People
Amounts
One hundred
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/540: February 1799 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/577: August 1804 term →

Reading note: The surety carried the alternative reading Levi Gifford; the bond amount lacked a currency unit.

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 611
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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