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Estate account: John Luttrell, Jesse Benton, Susannah Luttrell

31 May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court corrected John Luttrell’s recorded probate year from 1781 to 1782 after examining the original will and court records.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
May 1799 term, 31 May 1799
People
Other dates
February Session 1781; February 1782; May Term 1820
In the will books

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 579
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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