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Tavern license: Thomas Watts, Francis Dunn, Samuel Thompson

May 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thomas Watts and Francis Dunn received permission to operate the former John Taylor ordinary, with approved sureties.

Kind of business
Tavern license
Court
May 1794 term
People
Places
Hillsborough

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 554
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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