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Child support order: Benjamin Hester, Rhodah Johnston

28 August 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Benjamin Hester was ordered to pay Rhodah Johnston child support as the reputed father.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1818 term, 28 August 1818
People
Amounts
twenty seven pounds; Seven pounds; five pounds
Other dates
21st March next; annually

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 573
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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