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Mill: Sherrod Reynolds

August 1760 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Sherrod Reynolds received permission to build a public gristmill at his residence on Little Barton’s Creek; Granville’s agents were to receive notice.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
August 1760 term
People
Places
Little Barton's Creek

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 39-215'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 60
  • 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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