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Orange County Indexed

Mill: Benjamin Morgan, William Nash

August 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Benjamin Morgan’s Bolings Creek gristmill was declared public; Edmond Jones obtained an appeal through attorney William Nash.

Kind of business
Mill
Court
August 1793 term
People
Places
Bolings Creek

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 482
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1793 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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