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Orange County Indexed

Courthouse and jail

August 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to guard the prisoners day and night and hire a wagon and guard to convey them to Halifax.

Kind of business
Courthouse and jail
Court
August 1764 term
Places
Halifax

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 230
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 109
  • 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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