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County business: Wm McCauley

29 May 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court awarded sheriff Wm McCauley twenty-five pounds for the past year’s ex officio services.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1790 term, 29 May 1790
People
Amounts
Twenty five pounds
Other dates
one year past

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 285
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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