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Orange County Indexed

Tavern license: John Nichols

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

The court licensed John Nichols’s Hillsborough tavern and directed the clerk to take a secured bond.

Kind of business
Tavern license
Court
May 1790 term, 29 May 1790
People
Places
Hillsbo

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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