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Orange County Indexed

Tax

29 May 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The assembled justices levied county-expense and jury taxes on polls, land and town property.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
May 1800 term, 29 May 1800
Justices
Samuel Benton; Empson Bird; John Rhodes; Sterling Harris; Andrew Murdock; James Walker; James Carson; John Thompson; John Taylor; Rich’d Cochran; Wm McCauley; Absalom Tatom
Amounts
2/; 300 acres; £100; 19d; 19 d

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 24
  • 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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