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Official appointed: Samuel Turrentine

31 May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Samuel Turrentine was elected sheriff to succeed A Murdock, received his commission, and qualified.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
May 1799 term, 31 May 1799
People
Justices
E Bird; Wm F Strudwick; James Christmas; Walter Alves; James Carson; Wm McCauley; James Baldridge; Benj Lacey; Jno Umstead; Francis Moreland; Jno Thompson; Sterling Harris; Jno Rhodes; Wm Shepperd; Wm Raney; Shad Forrister; Jno Taylor; James Moore

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 568
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1799 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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