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28 August 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices William McCauley and William Cain present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1780 term, 28 August 1780
Justices
William McCauley; William Cain
Other dates
4th Monday in August A.D. 1780 being 28th Day

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 46-93½
  • 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 49 (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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