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Estate account: Wm Ray, Andrew Murdock, Richard Christmas

23 February 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Ray and Andrew Murdock were appointed to settle Richard Christmas’s executor accounts for Wm Shannon’s estate.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
February 1796 term, 23 February 1796
People

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 68
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1796 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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