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Child support order: William Picket, Elizabeth Crabtree

May 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered William Picket to pay Elizabeth Crabtree child-maintenance installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
May 1807 term
People
Amounts
fifteen pounds; five pounds
Other dates
4th day of May 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 294
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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