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Orange County Indexed

Tax

May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court assigned eight justices to collect taxable-property lists for their respective districts.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
May 1792 term
Justices
Walter Alves; William Way; John Siddle; Hardy Hurdle; Francis Moreland; William Ansley; Alexander Mebane; William McCauley
Places
Hillsborough; Caswell; Saint Asaphs; Chatham; Saint Mark; Saint Maries; Orange; Saint Thomases
Other dates
1792

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 438
  • 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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