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Suit

November 1782 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A habeas corpus writ directed Wm. Armstrong to bring an unnamed apprentice to give testimony.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1782 term
People
The court’s words
“Habeus Corpus”

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 11-138
  • 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 9 (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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