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Court in session

2 September 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices John Taylor, Wm. M'Cauley and John Sloss present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1786 term, 2 September 1786
Justices
John Taylor; Wm. M'Cauley; John Sloss
Other dates
Saturday nine oclock 2nd September 1786

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 39-311
  • 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 31 (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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