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Mill: Chas. Abercrombie, Wm. Thetford

August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Chas. Abercrombie and Wm. Thetford petitioned for a gristmill; four jurors were appointed to inspect possible overflow affecting another mill.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
August 1778 term
People
Jurors
Wm. Rhodes; Edward Grisham; John Baker; John Scoggin
Places
River Enoe; Shoemakers Ford

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 24-48
  • 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 22 (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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