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Courthouse and jail: Tyrie Harris, Thomas Lloyd, Thomas Hart

May 1765 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Nine men were ordered to meet to plan a public jail and advertise its construction for the lowest bidder (Tyrie Harris, Thomas Lloyd, Thomas Hart, John King).

Kind of business
Courthouse and jail
Court
May 1765 term
People
Places
Court House
Other dates
Whitson Monday next

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 364
  • 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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