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Orange County Indexed

Tax

May 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court directed collection of poll, land and town-property taxes to fund the Eno bridge at Hillsbo.

Kind of business
Tax
Court
May 1804 term
Places
Eno; Hillsbo
Amounts
Six pence; 6d; 300 acres; £100

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 551
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1804 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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