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Orange County Indexed

Guardianship: Jonathan Laws, Sally Laws, Margaret Laws

November 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jonathan Laws became guardian of Sally Laws and Margaret Laws and Alsey Laws and James Laws and Francis Laws.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
November 1817 term
People
Amounts
£200

Reading note: The bond amount applied to each ward.

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 421
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1817 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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