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20 November 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Thomas Taylor, Wm. McCauley and Eli McDaniel present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
November 1779 term, 20 November 1779
Justices
Thomas Taylor; Wm. McCauley; Eli McDaniel
Places
Court House in Hillsborough
Other dates
Monday 20th Day of November A.D. 1779 - 4th Monday

Reading note: The numerical day conflicts with the stated weekday; the printed date is retained.

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 38-76
  • 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 40 (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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