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Child support order: Theophilus Thompson Jr, Nancy McMullen

May 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Theophilus Thompson Jr, charged as reputed father, to pay Nancy McMullen child-maintenance installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
May 1807 term
People
Amounts
Twenty Seven Pounds; Seven pounds; five pounds

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 303
  • 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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