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Orange County Indexed

Tavern license: Theophilus Thompson, Henry Thompson

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

Theophilus Thompson received an ordinary license at his dwelling near Hillsborough, with Henry Thompson as security.

Kind of business
Tavern license
Court
November 1783 term, 26 November 1783
People
Places
his dwelling house about two miles from Hillsborough

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 31-179½
  • 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 23 (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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