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State case: William Nash, Council Briant

May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On William Nash’s motion, sheriff Council Briant incurred a conditional fine for failing to return an execution.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1792 term
People
Places
Craven County
Amounts
fifty pounds

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 434
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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