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August 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Samuel Benton, James Baldridge, John Thompson and James Carson present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
August 1801 term
Justices
Samuel Benton; James Baldridge; John Thompson; James Carson

Reading note: Heading stated August 1802 within the August 1801 term; neighboring headings were dated 1801.

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 211
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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