Child support order: Duncan Cameron, Benjamin Ponds, Mary King

On Duncan Cameron’s motion, the court ordered Benjamin Ponds arrested and bonded for his next appearance concerning alleged paternity of Mary King’s child.

Kind of business

Child support order

Court

August 1807 term, 25 August 1807

People

• Duncan Cameron (attorney)
• Benjamin Ponds (named father)
• Mary King (mother)

Places

County of Caswell

Amounts

£50

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 316
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).