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State case: Andrew Murdoch, Wm. Tate, John McRory

August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Andrew Murdoch was held on bond with Wm. Tate and John McRory as sureties.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1778 term
People

Reading note: The charge and amount are not supplied.

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 25-50
  • 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 23 (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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