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Orange County Indexed

Ferry: Wm Gwinn, Andrew Gibson, Wm Rogers

24 February 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court licensed Wm Gwinn’s public ferry at Shallow Ford upon bond secured by Gibson and Rogers.

Kind of business
Ferry
Court
February 1790 term, 24 February 1790
People
Places
Shallow ford; haw river

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 257
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1790 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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