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August 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Wm. McCauley, John Ray, John T. Patterson and J. Peterson present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1780 term
Justices
Wm. McCauley; John Ray; John T. Patterson; J. Peterson

Reading note: The closing signatures repeat John Ray and Wm. McCauley and add the spelling J. Peterson, retained separately.

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 47-94
  • 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 50 (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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