Orange County Indexed
Courthouse and jail: William Miers, John Sidwell, James Allison
September 1752 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Marmaduke Kimbrough was commissioned to build a courthouse, prison and stocks; James Allison, James Dickey and John Pittman were to select the site.
- Kind of business
- Courthouse and jail
- Court
- September 1752 term
- People
- Marmaduke Kimbrough
- William Miers (surety)
- John Sidwell (surety)
- James Allison (commissioner)
- James Dickey (commissioner)
- John Pittman (commissioner)
- Places
- Piney ford; haw river; Piney Ford on Haw River
- Amounts
- 32 feet long; 22 ft; 11 ft pitch; two miles
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
- Folio and page 1-1'
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 1
- 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
