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February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court met the following morning with five named justices present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
February 1778 term
Justices
John Butler; John Hawkins; Thomas Taylor; Bryan Crosbie; James Carrington

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 15-30½
  • 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 12 (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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