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Orange County Indexed

Child support order: Jane Atwood, Anne, Thomas Atwood

August 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jane Atwood secured the county against expenses for her child Anne, with Thomas Atwood as surety.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1795 term
People
Amounts
one hundred and 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 5, page 28
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1795 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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