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Deed proved: Robert Jourdan to Mary Clark

27 May 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Deed, Robert Jourdan to Mary Clark, proved by James Baldridge & Tho Jourdan.

Kind of business
Deed proved
Court
May 1797 term, 27 May 1797
Grantor
Robert Jourdan
Grantee
Mary Clark
Instrument
Deed
Proved by
by the oath of James Baldridge & Tho Jourdan
Justices
Sterling Harris
The deed
Deed Book 5, page 779 →
Robert Jordan to Mary Clark (our deed record)

Reading note: Ann Jordan relinquished dower after private examination; deceased husband’s spelling was Robert Jourdan.

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 253
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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