Child support order: Jesse Peek, Catharine Johnston

Jesse Peek, charged as reputed father, was ordered to pay Catharine Johnston child support in installments; a later notation concerned the immediate payment.

Kind of business

Child support order

Court

November 1809 term, 29 November 1809

People

• Jesse Peek (named father)
• Catharine Johnston (mother)

Amounts

twenty Seven pounds; Ten pounds; five pounds; £10

Other dates

annually; 19th January 1810

Reading note: The later issuance notation and initials P S B were unclear.

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 592
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).