Orange County Indexed
Administration of an estate: William Augustus Richards, August Benton, Benjamin Yeargan
28 February 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Administration of the estate of William Augustus Richards granted to August Benton; sureties Benjamin Yeargan and Mathew McCauley.
- Kind of business
- Administration of an estate
- Court
- February 1799 term, 28 February 1799
- People
- William Augustus Richards (deceased)
- August Benton (administrator)
- Benjamin Yeargan (surety)
- Mathew McCauley (surety)
- Amounts
- five hundred pounds
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 5/527: February 1799 term →
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 5/565: May 1799 term →
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 5/650: February 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 526
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1799 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).
