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September 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Thos. Hart, Eli McDaniel, Wm. Cain and 4 others present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
September 1780 term
Justices
Thos. Hart; Eli McDaniel; Wm. Cain; Alex Mebane; John Nichols; Tho. Hart; John Butler

Reading note: Closing signatures add John Nichols, Tho. Hart and John Butler; the distinct Tho. Hart spelling 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 48-96
  • 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 51 (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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