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Child support order: Sarah Ray, Wm Norwood, Moses Gwinn

28 May 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Sarah Ray’s motion through Wm Norwood, the court ordered Moses Gwinn, charged as reputed father, to pay child-support installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
May 1806 term, 28 May 1806
People
Amounts
twenty Seven pounds; Seven pounds; five pounds
Other dates
15th October 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 7, page 151
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1806 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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