Orange County Indexed
Ferry: Wm Philips, Samuel Shaw, John Williams
26 August 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court licensed Philips’s Haw River ferry; Samuel Shaw obtained leave to appeal, posted bond, and filed reasons through attorney Williams.
- Kind of business
- Ferry
- Court
- August 1789 term, 26 August 1789
- People
- Wm Philips (licensee)
- Samuel Shaw (petitioner)
- John Williams (attorney)
- Wm Galbreaths
- Places
- Haw River; Shaws ferry; Wm Galbreaths plantation; District of Hillsborough; Hillsbo
- Other dates
- 1st day of April next
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 227
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1789 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).
