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Orange County Indexed

Guardianship: William Faucett, John Faucett, Frances Faucett

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

William Faucett was ordered to sell the named orphans’ land on credit to meet Robert Faucett’s estate debts.

Kind of business
Guardianship
Court
May 1818 term, 29 May 1818
People
Amounts
two hundred dollars; one hundred & four acres
Other dates
forty days; twelve months

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 524
  • 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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