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Administration of an estate: Samuel Devenport, Martha Davenport, John Torentine

August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Samuel Devenport granted to Martha Davenport and John Torentine; sureties James Turrentine and Rob Stuard Jr.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
August 1796 term
People
Amounts
£200
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/566: May 1799 term →

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 106
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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