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Official appointed

23 February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A peace commission appointed Bryan Crosbie, John Tapley Patterson and James Carrington as justices for Orange County.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
February 1778 term, 23 February 1778
Justices
Bryan Crosbie; John Tapley Patterson; James Carrington
Places
Orange County

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 15-29
  • 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 11 (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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