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State case: Isaac Kirk, Peter Brewer, John Grisham

November 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Isaac Kirk posted a £200 bond with Peter Brewer and John Grisham to indemnify the county.

Kind of business
State case
Court
November 1778 term
People
Amounts
200 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 28-56½
  • 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 27 (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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