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Official appointed: Samuel Benton, Jesse Benton

24 November 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Samuel Benton replaced resigned clerk Jesse Benton, qualified, and bonded with Jesse Benton and William Mebane for £2,000.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
November 1784 term, 24 November 1784
People
Amounts
2000 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 53-223½
  • 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 36 (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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