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Child support order: John Freeman, Sally Liniry?

August 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found John Freeman to be the father of Sally Liniry?’s child. An appeal was requested.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1816 term
People
Jurors
Joseph Smith; David Warren; David Woods; Jacob Long; Samuel Craig; Samuel Allen; Lewis Herndon; William Woody; David Bradford; Robert Walker; Hugh McCaddams; George Reeves

Reading note: The mother’s name was uncertain and repeated with a variant spelling; Freeman requested an appeal. One or more personal readings are marked uncertain in the transcription.

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 244
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1816 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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