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Orange County Indexed

Mill: William Galbreath, John Hodge, Butler

29 May 1782 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On William Galbreath’s petition, Alexander Patent was summoned; four men were appointed to value an acre each of their lands around the Back Creek mill.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
May 1782 term, 29 May 1782
People
Places
Back Creek
Amounts
one acre; one acre
Other dates
next Court

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 2-120½
  • 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 2 (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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