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Official appointed: Nathaniel Rochester, Joshua Adam Potts, Joseph Taylor

February 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Nathaniel Rochester resigned as clerk and was allowed £400; Joshua Adam Potts was elected, bonded with Joseph Taylor and Rochester.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
February 1780 term
People
Amounts
400 pounds

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 40-82
  • 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 44 (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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