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Child support order: William Riggs, Polley Hunt

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

William Riggs was ordered to pay Polley Hunt child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1810 term, 30 August 1810
People
Amounts
Twenty Seven pounds; seven pounds; five pounds
Other dates
2nd day of March next; yearly

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 98
  • 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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