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Chatham County NCGenWeb Court Records
Chatham County Courthouse - Pittsboro, NC about 1935-45 from
North side, looking South
Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints &
Photographs
Division, FSAOW1 Collection
© 1998-present - Sue Ashby
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 2010 PHOTO OF THE COURTHOUSE
(Same View)
County Court Records Index
Apprenticeship, Bastardy, Guardian and Orphan Records:
Guardian Account: William Griffith-1801
Guardian Account: Joab Hatley-1811
Guardian Account: Hannah Stokes-1814
Orphan & Guardianships from Court Minutes
Wills & Estates -1782-1794 - Index Only
Wills & Estates -1795-1799 - Index Only
Wills & Estates -1798-1819 - Index Only
Wills & Estates -1818-1833 - Index Only
Wills & Estates -1834-1857 - Index Only
Wills & Estates -1858-1866 - Index Only
Extracted
Wills:
Wills I have extracted from Chatham. (only
the ones I have done or have been donated to me by others for use in the page.
The others (some, in the archives) are not my property)
Those others, have to be accessed through the archives page.
WILLS - Surnames
A - B
WILLS -
Surnames C - D
WILLS - Surnames
E - F - G
WILLS - Surnames
H - J - K
WILLS - Surnames
L - M - N
WILLS - Surnames
O - P - Q - R
WILLS - Surnames
- S
WILLS - Surnames
- T - V
WILLS -
Surnames
- W - Y - Z
Individual Wills:
Wills & Estates contributed by others-
Will & Estate of Oroondates
Davis Alston-1851
Will & Estate of Miriam P.
Alston-1855
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These are just the index to estates (Mainly intestate estates) because there are sometimes several pages and lots of minutae that is difficult to extract and transcribe
Usually there is no relationship given in account sales unless the the widow's name is given.
Record
of Estates - 1800-1812 - Index
Inventories,
Accounts of Sales & Settlements
Record
of Estates - 1812 - 1822 - Index
Inventories,
Accounts of Sales & Settlements
Record of Estates - 1821-1836 - Index Only
Record
of Estates - 1847-1850 - Index
These are inventories (ONLY) of estates
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COUNTY COURT MINUTES
At the county level, the court was held
every three months and they were called the "quarter sessions" and the
business brought before the Justices of the Court was called "pleas"
(as
when a person plead their case before the judge) So, that is where this
title comes from:
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1774-1779 Index Only
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1774-1779
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Aug - 1792
Court of Pleas and Quarter Session - 1794 (incomplete)
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1795 Index Only
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1797-1800
Court of Pleas and Quarter Session - 1805 Index Only
Court of Pleas and Quarter Session- 1807 (incomplete)
