Child support order: Benjamin Rhodes, Rebecca Allen

The court ordered Benjamin Rhodes, charged as father, to support Rebecca Allen’s child through immediate and annual payments. Initial payment was recorded.

Kind of business

Child support order

Court

August 1800 term, 28 August 1800

People

• Benjamin Rhodes (named father)
• Rebecca Allen (mother)

Amounts

forty shillings; five pounds

Other dates

first day of June 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 6, page 60
• 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).