Orange County Indexed
Oath of allegiance
February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Eight justices were appointed to administer allegiance oaths to all males above sixteen.
- Kind of business
- Oath of allegiance
- Court
- February 1778 term
- Justices
- John Hawkins; John Butler; Wm. McCauley; John Tapley Patterson; Wm. Cain; Wm. Courtney; Thomas Taylor; Wm. Rainey
- Amounts
- above the age of 16 years
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 16-31½
- 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 13 (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).
