Orange County Indexed
County business: John Elmore, John Walker, Andrew Gibson
24 February 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
John Elmore, John Walker and Andrew Gibson pledged £100 to indemnify Orange County and perform court orders concerning three orphan children.
- Kind of business
- County business
- Court
- February 1784 term, 24 February 1784
- People
- John Elmore (surety)
- John Walker (surety; Esq.)
- Andrew Gibson (surety)
- Athenatious (orphan)
- James (orphan)
- Sarah (orphan)
- Mastin Elmore
- Places
- County of Orange
- Amounts
- 100 pounds
Reading note: Source ends the names Athenatious, James & Sarah, ? Mastin Elmore (sic); relationship of Mastin Elmore and the children’s surnames are unclear. No binding was expressly stated; child roles indicate the named children only.
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 34-184½
- 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 25 (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).
