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Administration of an estate: Peter Foust, Mary Foust, John Foust

November 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Mary Foust and John Foust qualified as executors for Peter Foust’s estate.

Kind of business
Administration of an estate
Court
November 1808 term
People
In the will books

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 475
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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