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Orange County Indexed

Tax: John Armstrong

27 August 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court allowed collector John Armstrong’s 1787 insolvent-tax list, including western land and additional acreage and polls.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
People
Places
District of Hillsbo
Amounts
23931 Acres; ten poles; 5174 acres; 53
Other dates
1787

Reading note: The description preceding the final poll total was partly illegible.

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 4, page 159
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1788 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).
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