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Guardianship: Hannah Jones, Sarah Jones

November 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Hannah Jones’s motion, the court ordered John Marshill to produce orphan Sarah Jones, then extended the order for the sheriff to bring her.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
November 1796 term
People
Places
Orange County
Other dates
30th day of Nov Instant
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/180: February 1797 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 140
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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