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Orange County Indexed

Mill: James Collins

11 September 1759 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Collins received permission to build a water gristmill on his land east of Haw River.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
September 1759 term, 11 September 1759
People
Places
East side of Haw River

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 30-197'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 54
  • 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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