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Orange County Indexed

Tax: Richard Simpson

May 1765 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Richard Simpson was assigned the Haw River portion of David Hart’s tax district.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
May 1765 term
People
Places
Haw 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 363
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 125
  • 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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