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County business

August 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The justices divided themselves into four classes for holding court.

Kind of business
County business
Court
August 1794 term
Justices
John Walker; Robert Campbell; John Carson; William Ansley; William Strudwick; William Hooper; William Ray; James Moore; Absalom Tatom; Joseph Culbertson; William Courtney; Jonathan Lindley; William Lytle; James Baldridge; Andrew Murdock; Francis Moreland; William Shepperd; Empson Bird; John Hogg; John Hogan; William Rainey; John Taylor; John Sloss; William Watters; William Nunn; Walter Alves; Benjamin Lacy; John Rhodes; Hardy Hurdle; John Thompson; John Ray; William McCauley; Andrew Burke; Sterling Harris; George Dannel; Archibald Campbell; John Umstead; Shadrick Forrester; James Christmas; Hardy Hawkins

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 597
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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