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Orange County Indexed

Administration of an estate: John Edwards, John Shepperd

25 November 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Administration of the estate of John Edwards granted to John Edwards; sureties John Shepperd.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1806 term, 25 November 1806
People
Amounts
£10??

Reading note: Administrator and deceased shared the same written name; the bond amount was incomplete.

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 200
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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