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Estate account: George Johnston, John Freeland, John Cabe

November 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

George Johnston, John Freeland and John Cabe were appointed to divide James Burroughs’s personal estate and allot a year’s provisions to his widow.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
November 1807 term
People

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 333
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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