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November 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices John Nichols, Wm. Courtney and James Cearson present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
November 1786 term
Justices
John Nichols; Wm. Courtney; James Cearson
Places
Orange; Hillsborough
Other dates
fourth Monday of November A Dom 1786; XI year of American Independence

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 40-313
  • 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 32 (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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