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State case: Joshua Thompson, James Roach, Henry ODaniel

26 May 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Joshua Thompson paid fines and entered a hundred-pound bond with James Roach and Henry ODaniel to indemnify the county.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1778 term, 26 May 1778
People
Amounts
100 pounds
The court’s words
“for saving harmless this 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 20-40½
  • 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 18 (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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