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Estate account: William Lockhart St, Thomas Person, James Edwards

2 December 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

William Lockhart’s heirs obtained a subpoena requiring James Edwards to prove Thomas Person’s bond promising conveyance of part of a Hillsborough lot.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
November 1808 term, 2 December 1808
People
Places
County of Granville; Lott No 35; Town of Hillsborough
Other dates
next Court

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 478
  • 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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