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Child support order: Reuben Penny, Rachel Hester

August 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Reuben Penny was ordered to pay Rachel Hester child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1815 term
People
Amounts
Twenty Seven pounds; Seven pounds; five pounds
Other dates
annually

Reading note: A payment of five pounds was admitted.

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 9, page 98
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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