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Orange County Indexed

Tavern rates

February 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded charges for meals, lodging, drinks and horse care.

Kind of business
Tavern rates
Court
February 1794 term
Amounts
£0.2.6; 1.6; 2.0; 1.0; 1/; 6d each; 9d; 8d; 8/; 5/; 3/
Other dates
February Term 1795

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 545
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1794 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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