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Court in session

25 May 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court reconvened at four o’clock with John Butler, John Ray and James Elliott present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
May 1785 term, 25 May 1785
Justices
John Butler; John Ray; James Elliott
Other dates
four oclock

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 6-245
  • 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 5 (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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