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Orange County Indexed

Poor relief: Mary Moore, Ann Moore, James Moore

August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered the sheriff to bring Mary Moore and Ann Moore, James Moore’s children, before it after reports of their distress.

Kind of business
Poor relief
Court
August 1796 term
People

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 5, page 109
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1796 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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