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Courthouse and jail

March 1757 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Construction of stocks, a pillory and a whipping post was ordered.

Kind of business
Courthouse and jail
Court
March 1757 term

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 54-107'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 33
  • 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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