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Court in session

28 May 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court resumed its sitting with justices Samuel Benton, Wm McCauley and James Baldridge present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
May 1801 term, 28 May 1801
Justices
Samuel Benton; Wm McCauley; James Baldridge
Other dates
28th

Reading note: The heading gave Thursday the 28th within May 1801; the source court_date was retained.

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 193
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1801 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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