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Official appointed

May 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Sheriff candidates David Hart, Wm. Nunn and Ralph McNair received ten, seven and six votes respectively.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
May 1764 term
People
Amounts
David Hart 10 votes; Wm. Nunn 7; Ralph McNair 6 votes

Reading note: Vote totals recorded; no completed appointment inferred from candidate election.

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 161
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 100
  • 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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