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Oath of allegiance

May 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Eight justices were appointed to administer allegiance and abjuration oaths or affirmations to free males above sixteen in their respective districts.

Kind of business
Oath of allegiance
Court
May 1778 term
Justices
Alex Mebane; John Hogan; William Courtney; John Butler; John Hawkins; William Rainey; William Cain; John Tapley Patterson

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 22-44
  • 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 20 (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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