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23 August 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices John Butler, John Taylor and James Alston present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1784 term, 23 August 1784
Justices
John Butler; John Taylor; James Alston
Other dates
4th Monday 23d of August

Reading note: The year follows the surrounding 1784 sequence; it was not repeated in this heading.

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 44-204
  • 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 31 (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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