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Child support order: William Baldwin, Elizabeth Newton

27 February 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

William Baldwin was ordered to pay Elizabeth Newton child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
February 1811 term, 27 February 1811
People
Amounts
Twenty two pounds; five pounds
Other dates
twelve Months hence
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 7/253: February 1807 term →

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 157
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1811 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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