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County business: Wm Shepperd, Empson [Bird], James Christmas

30 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Shepperd, Empson Bird and James Christmas settled county trustee David Ray’s accounts and reported the balance held.

Kind of business
County business
Court
August 1798 term, 30 August 1798
People
Amounts
Three pounds thirteen Shilling & nine pence
Other dates
1797; Aug’t 30th 1798

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 451
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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