Orange County Indexed
September 1780 term
15 items of business, in court order.
14 September 1780
- Court in sessionA special court met to appoint a commissioner, with five named justices present.
- Official appointedAlex Mebane accepted appointment as commissioner for specific tax provisions.
18 September 1780
- Court in sessionThe court convened to appoint a sheriff and tax collector, then adjourned to John Sheels’s house.
- Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Thos. Hart, Eli McDaniel, Wm. Cain and 4 others present.
- Official appointedJames Mebane was appointed sheriff.
- Official appointedThomas Hart was appointed county trustee for the present or ensuing year.
- TaxThe court set the county tax per hundred acres.
- TaxJohn Ray was appointed collector of taxable property for Hillsborough District for this and the ensuing year.
- TaxWm. Nunn was appointed collector of taxable property for St. Thomas District for this and the ensuing year.
- TaxWm. Morrow was appointed collector of taxable property for Orange District for this and the ensuing year.
- TaxJohn Nash was appointed collector of taxable property for St. Asaphs District for this and the ensuing year.
- TaxWm. Jamison was appointed collector of taxable property for St. Marys District for this and the ensuing year.
- Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Butler present.
- Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Thos. Hart, John Butler, John Nichols and 4 others present.
- Official appointedJames Mebane presented Governor Abner Nash’s commission appointing him sheriff.
