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Orange County Indexed

Child support order: Martin Eisley, Susannah Boggs

24 August 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Martin Eisley, charged as reputed father, to make support payments to Susannah Boggs for her child.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1803 term, 24 August 1803
People
Amounts
twenty Seven pounds; Twelve pounds; five pounds

Reading note: The date for the next installment was left blank; the total and annual-payment wording were retained.

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 450
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1803 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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