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Child support order: John Smith, Sarah McMunn, Daniel Cloud

30 August 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Smith was ordered to pay Sarah McMunn child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1810 term, 30 August 1810
People
Amounts
Twelve pounds five Shillings; £12.7
Other dates
17th Oct 1810

Reading note: The later receipt exceeded the ordered amount; support related to the period before the child turned five.

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 8, page 96
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1810 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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