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Orange County Indexed

Administration of an estate: Abraham Nelson, Archibald Nelson, David Strayhorn

28 August 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of Abraham Nelson granted to Archibald Nelson; sureties David Strayhorn and Mann Patterson.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
August 1800 term, 28 August 1800
People
Amounts
£200
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/104: November 1800 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/105: November 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 6, page 59
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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