Orange County Indexed
Court in session
28 May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The May county court opened in Hillsborough with four named justices present.
- Kind of business
- Court in session
- Court
- May 1787 term, 28 May 1787
- Justices
- John Taylor; Jonathan Lindley; Eli McDonal; James Carson
- Places
- County of Orange; Hillsbo
- Other dates
- fourth Monday of May; 28th day of said Month; XI Year of American Independence
Reading note: Trailing words Jour? Sions? were unclear; they did not identify further business.
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
- Minute book 3, page 639
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1787 term
- 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).