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Child support order: John Bowls, Salley Polston

2 March 1814 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Bowls was ordered to pay Salley Polston child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
February 1814 term, 2 March 1814
People
Amounts
twenty seven pounds; forty Shillings; five pounds
Other dates
19th Octo next; annually

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 539
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1814 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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