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Orange County Indexed

Mill: Geo. Newton

November 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Geo. Newton received permission to build a gristmill on Little River’s south fork.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
November 1777 term
People
Places
S. Fork of Little 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 10-19½
  • 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 9 (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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