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Orange County Indexed

Estate account: Francis Child

November 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Francis Child’s unnamed heirs received reinstatement of their estate-division petition and permission to amend it.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
November 1808 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 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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