Orange County Indexed
Other business: Baker, John Patterson, William Moore
June 1755 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On Baker’s motion for John Patterson, William Moore testified that John was Robert Patterson’s reputed only son and inherited his land.
- Kind of business
- Other business
- Court
- June 1755 term
- People
- Baker (attorney; Mr. Att'y at law)
- John Patterson (petitioner; Esq)
- William Moore (witness)
- Robert Patterson (deceased)
- Places
- Bertie County; Meherring Creek
Reading note: The text also spells Robert’s surname Petterson; the compiler’s subsequent historical comments were omitted.
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 29-58'
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 17
- 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).
