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Estate account: Susannah Wilkerson, James Wilkerson

29 May 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Susannah Wilkerson recorded dissent from James Wilkerson’s will.

Kind of business
Estate account
Court
May 1818 term, 29 May 1818
People
In the will books

Reading note: The deceased later appeared as James Wilkinson; the executor clause spelled Susannah’s surname Wilkinson.

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 519
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1818 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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