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Child support order: William Baldwin, Elizabeth Newton

27 February 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered William Baldwin, charged as reputed father, to pay Elizabeth Newton child-support installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
February 1807 term, 27 February 1807
People
Amounts
Twenty Seven pounds; Two pounds; five pounds
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 8/157: February 1811 term →

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 253
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1807 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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