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Suit: Allison Williams, Martha, Joseph Courtney

2 March 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered a jury to assign Martha’s dower and place the petitioners in possession.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1799 term, 2 March 1799
People
Amounts
440 Acres
Other dates
4th Monday of May next

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 534
  • 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).
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