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Orange County Indexed

Court in session

6 November 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court resumed after an hour with four named justices present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
November 1764 term, 6 November 1764
Justices
Tyrie Harris; Wm Lea; John Lea; Lawrence Thompson

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 245
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 110
  • 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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