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Administration of an estate: Thomas Thompson, Jno Thompson, Ellenor Thompson

3 March 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Thomas Thompson granted to Jno Thompson and Ellenor Thompson; sureties Andrew Murdock and Henry Thompson Sr.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
February 1797 term, 3 March 1797
People
Amounts
Five thousand pounds
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/304: August 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 184
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1797 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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