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Estate account: Ferabee Fossett, Thos, Mary Fossett

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

The court upheld Ferabee Fossett’s dower claim and ordered a jury to lay it out on the land.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
August 1798 term, 31 August 1798
People

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 462
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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