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Orange County Indexed

Tavern license: Josiah Watts, Henry Thompson

27 May 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Josiah Watts received an ordinary license at his dwelling, with Henry Thompson as security for £50.

Kind of business
Tavern license
Court
May 1784 term, 27 May 1784
People
Places
his dwelling house
Amounts
50 pounds

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 42-200
  • 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 29 (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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