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Official appointed

26 August 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thomas Hart, John Ray, James Freeland and Wm. Rainey qualified as justices.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
August 1777 term, 26 August 1777
Justices
Thomas Hart; John Ray; James Freeland; Wm. Rainey

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 4-7
  • 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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