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Orange County Indexed

Tax: George Johnston

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

George Johnston received a tax exemption for an unnamed enslaved person described as blind.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
August 1781 term, 28 August 1781
People

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 52-104½
  • 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 56 (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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