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County business

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

Andrew Ross disclosed James Monro’s books, case, spoons and tools; the court found the property subject to confiscation law.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1785 term, 28 May 1785
People
Amounts
3 silver tea spoons; 2 hoes; one plow
The court’s words
“comes under the meaning of Confiscation Law”

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 8-248½
  • 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 7 (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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