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Court in session

1 March 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices James Elliott, Eli McDannell and Rob Campbell present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
February 1785 term, 1 March 1785
Justices
James Elliott; Eli McDannell; Rob Campbell
Other dates
March 1, 1785; February 28

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 57-230
  • 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 37 (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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