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Child support order: Jno Woody, Rebecca McMullen

31 May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Jno Woody to pay Rebecca McMullen for childbirth expenses and annual support of their child, beginning from birth.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
May 1798 term, 31 May 1798
People
Amounts
£5; £2; Five pounds
Other dates
5 years
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/103: November 1800 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 410
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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