Orange County Indexed
Estate account: Ferabee Fosset, Jno Fosset, William Lytle
31 May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
By consent, the court awarded Ferabee Fosset a share of enslaved Jane and Betsey’s appraised value, subject to refund security, and reserved dower.
- Kind of business
- Estate account
- Court
- May 1798 term, 31 May 1798
- People
- Ferabee Fosset (petitioner)
- Jno Fosset (deceased)
- William Lytle (commissioner)
- Wm Strayhorn (commissioner)
- Jane (enslaved person; enslaved by Jno Fosset)
- Betsey (enslaved person; enslaved by Jno Fosset)
- Amounts
- one hundred and forty pounds; forty six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence; £46.13.4
Reading note: Some enforcement and estate-assets wording was unreadable; the order concerned the widow’s estate share, not a sale order.
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 414
- 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).
