Orange County Indexed
Military: Jesse Rigsby, John Umstead, Barnabas O’Farrel
31 May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
After medical examination, the court recommended an annual allowance for Jesse Rigsby, whose petition described a disabling militia wound.
- Kind of business
- Military
- Court
- May 1799 term, 31 May 1799
- People
- Jesse Rigsby (petitioner)
- John Umstead (official)
- Barnabas O’Farrel (official)
- Baxter King (witness)
- Benjamin Yeargan (witness)
- Capt Abraham Allen
- Lewis Kirk
- Places
- Orange County; Hillsbo
- Amounts
- £20
- Other dates
- 1781; 1784
Reading note: Some wording in the medical report was unreadable; shortened physician names referred to the named doctors.
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 577
- 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).
