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24 November 1783 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices John Butler, Elie McDaniel and Archer Grissom present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
November 1783 term, 24 November 1783
Justices
John Butler; Elie McDaniel; Archer Grissom
Places
Orange; Hillsborough
Other dates
24th Day of November 1783; eighth year of our Independence

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 29-174
  • 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 22 (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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