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Estate account: Peter Foust, Dan’l Foust, Sam’l Pile

May 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered process for Peter Foust and Dan’l Foust to prove Sam’l Pile’s will next term.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
May 1802 term
People
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 6, page 296
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1802 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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