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Other business: Plunkett Ballard

December 1759 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Plunkett Ballard presented orphan Sarah’s complaint concerning her residence with Thomas King; the court summoned John King.

Kind of business
Other business
Court
December 1759 term
People

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 35-207'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 57
  • 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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