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Orange County Indexed

Child support order: Joseph Neeley, Mary Parker

26 November 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Joseph Neeley, identified as reputed father, to make immediate and annual payments supporting Mary Parker’s child.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
November 1795 term, 26 November 1795
People
Amounts
five pounds; £25
Other dates
4 years to come

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 55
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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