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Official appointed: Morgan Hart, John Taylor Jr, John Taylor Sr

May 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

After Morgan Hart resigned, the justices elected John Taylor Jr clerk; he furnished bonds and qualified, and Robert Williams received the bonds.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
May 1800 term
People
Justices
John Rhodes; Samuel Benton; James Baldridge; Richard Cochran; Hardy Hurdle; William Shepperd; Absalom Tatom; William McCauley; William Strudwick; James Carson; John Taylor Sr; James Walker; Andrew Murdock; John Thompson

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 6, page 3
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1800 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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