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Orange County Indexed

County business: John Umstead, William Lytle, Sterling Harris

1 June 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

After John Umstead, William Lytle and Sterling Harris’s report, the court compensated John Estis for arranging old register books and producing indexes.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1798 term, 1 June 1798
People
Amounts
£100; 4332 pages

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 417
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1798 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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