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Orange County Indexed

Tavern license: James Cummings, Jacob Mason, John Hallums

August 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Cummings received permission to operate an ordinary.

Kind of business
Tavern license
Court
August 1761 term
People
Places
his Dwelling in Childsburg

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 57-251'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 70
  • 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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