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Orange County Indexed

State case: Wm. Laycock, Wm. Ray

May 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm. Laycock appeared and was bailed for next court, entering further recognizance with Wm. Ray at £2,000 each.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1780 term
People
Amounts
2000 pounds each
Other dates
next Court

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 44-89½
  • 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 48 (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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