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Estate account: Francis Tapp, Richard Tapp, Abner Tapp

29 November 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Francis Tapp’s probate request and Richard Tapp’s objection, the jury upheld Abner Tapp’s will for both real and personal property.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
November 1810 term, 29 November 1810
People
Jurors
William Parish; Nathaniel Harris; James Johnston; Fielding Lewis; John Fossett; Henry Albright; George Foust; Jeremiah Hubbard; William Hall; Anderson Stroud; James Harden; Sam’l Hunter
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 8, page 130
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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