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Estate account: Wm Guy, Tom

August 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Guy received authority to sell enslaved Tom from Wm Guy’s estate to enable equal distribution among beneficiaries.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
August 1806 term
People
  • Wm Guy (administrator)
  • Wm Guy (deceased)
  • Tom (enslaved person; enslaved by Wm Guy)

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 189
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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