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County business: Absalom Tatom, John Hogg, Wm Lytle

February 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court assigned Absalom Tatom and three colleagues to assess county records needing renewal and estimate the work’s duration.

Kind of business
County business
Court
February 1792 term
People
Places
Orange
Other dates
May Court

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 406
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1792 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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