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Child support order: Taylor Duke, Chancy Mangum

27 May 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Taylor Duke, described as reputed father, to pay Chancy Mangum child support through immediate and annual installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
May 1801 term, 27 May 1801
People
Amounts
Twenty Seven pounds; two pounds; £5
Other dates
1st of April 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 191
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1801 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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