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Estate account: Young Barbee, Joseph Barbee, John Barbee

26 May 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Young Barbee’s siblings petitioned for division of his land; the court appointed commissioners and surveyor James Latta to report next term.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
May 1808 term, 26 May 1808
People
Other dates
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Reading note: Missing punctuation between guardian Mark and Pretty Rhodes was interpreted as a list boundary. Mark referred back to Mark Barbee. One or more names or identifying annotations were uncertain in the transcription.

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 421
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1808 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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