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Orange County Indexed

Tax: James Murray

August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Murray was appointed Orange’s collector and received an insolvency allowance for 410 acres and nine polls.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
August 1785 term
People
Places
Orange District
Amounts
410 acres & 9 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 11-254½
  • 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 12 (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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