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

The court convened with justices Tyrie Harris, Thomas Lloyd, Thomas Hart and 5 others present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
November 1765 term, 12 November 1765
Justices
Tyrie Harris; Thomas Lloyd; Thomas Hart; Lawrence Thompson; William Lea; John Lea; John Patterson; John McGee
Places
Childsburg
Other dates
2nd Tuesday, 12th day, November 1765

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 439
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 133
  • 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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