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27 August 1781 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Hugh Tinnen, John Nichols, William Cain and James Carrington present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1781 term, 27 August 1781
Justices
Hugh Tinnen; John Nichols; William Cain; James Carrington
Other dates
27th Day of August, 4th Monday, A.D. 1871

Reading note: The printed year 1871 conflicts with the sequence; indexed as August 1781.

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 52-104
  • 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 55 (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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