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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Hugh Porter, James Gilchrist

March 1757 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Hugh Porter proved a ten-pound Pennsylvania-currency account against James Gilchrist of Lancaster County.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
March 1757 term
People
Places
Lancaster County, Pa.
Amounts
£ 10 Pa. money

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 49-98'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 30
  • 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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