Mill: James Elliot, Sackville Brewer, Jas. Tinning

James Elliot’s gristmill petition was deferred; George Moore was ordered to answer, and four commissioners were appointed to value their opposing acres.

Kind of business

Mill

Court

May 1778 term

People

• James Elliot (petitioner)
• George Moore
• Sackville Brewer (commissioner)
• Jas. Tinning (commissioner)
• Joh Edwards (commissioner; Jun.)
• John Edwards (commissioner; Senr.)

Places

So. side of Haw River; little Cain Creek

Amounts

one acre of land of George Moore; one acre of land of James Elliot

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 20-39
• 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 17 (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).