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Orange County Indexed

Mill: Michael Holt

12 February 1765 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Michael Holt received permission to build a public water gristmill on his land along Alamanchey River.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
February 1765 term, 12 February 1765
People
Places
Alamanchey River

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 300
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 115
  • 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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