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Orange County Indexed

Estate account: Catharine McCaddams, Hugh McCaddam

May 1809 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Catharine McCaddams entered her dissent from her late husband Hugh McCaddam’s will.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
May 1809 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 543
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1809 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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