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Orange County Indexed

Child or servant bound: Wm. Galbreath, And. Simpson, Andw. Simpson

May 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm. Galbreath was ordered to deliver John Simpson’s inventory when Andw. Simpson completed service and repaid five pounds three shillings Pennsylvania money.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
May 1777 term
People
Amounts
5 pounds 3 shillings Pennsylvania money

Reading note: The abstract says Inventory and uses both And. and Andw.; wording and abbreviated names retained without resolving the unclear relationship to service.

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 3-6½
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 4 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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