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Orange County Indexed

Tax: Moses Crawford

August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Moses Crawford proved his Caswell insolvencies and received an allowance for 100 acres and five polls.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
August 1785 term
People
Places
Caswell District
Amounts
100 acres & 5 Polls

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 11-254
  • 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 11 (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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