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Orange County Indexed

Military: Josias Dixon, Mebane, Mark Morgan

June 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Josias Dixon and the other listed county military officers qualified.

Kind of business
Military
Court
June 1753 term
People

Reading note: Missing punctuation obscured assignment of the lieutenant-colonel, major and captain ranks; names were retained without inferred rank assignments.

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 4-8'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 5
  • 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).
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