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Orange County Indexed

Mill: Wm. Courtney

28 February 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm. Courtney received permission to build a grist mill on his own land and New Hope stream.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
February 1786 term, 28 February 1786
People
Places
New Hope

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 18-269
  • 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 20 (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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