Orange County Indexed
Official appointed: Andrew Murdock, William Kirkland, David Ray
August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Andrew Murdock qualified as sheriff and posted separate bonds for office duties and public and county taxes.
- Kind of business
- Official appointed
- Court
- August 1797 term
- People
- Andrew Murdock (sheriff)
- William Kirkland (surety)
- David Ray (surety)
- Hardy Hurdle (surety)
- John Thompson (surety)
- Justices
- James Carson; Sterling Harris; Absalom Tatom; Hardy Hurdle
- Amounts
- £5000; £2000
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 301
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1797 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).
