Child support order: Joseph Thompson, Jane Russell, Wm McDaniel

The court ordered Joseph Thompson, described as reputed father, to support Jane Russell’s child through installments; an attorney’s receipt recorded partial payment.

Kind of business

Child support order

Court

May 1800 term, 28 May 1800

People

• Joseph Thompson (named father)
• Jane Russell (mother)
• Wm McDaniel (surety)
• Mary Cos (surety)
• Wm Norwood (attorney)

Amounts

twenty seven pounds; seven pounds; five pounds; 40/

Other dates

1st May 1800

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 6, page 19
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1800 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).