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Orange County Indexed

Guardianship: Joseph Baker, Mary Ray, John Ray

February 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Joseph Baker became guardian of Mary Ray, John Ray’s daughter, and posted bond with Joseph Hodge and Richard Christmas.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
February 1798 term
People
Amounts
£1200
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/397: February 1792 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/12: May 1795 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/33: August 1795 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 361
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1798 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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