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Court in session

May 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded the attending justices.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
May 1807 term
Justices
Joseph Clendenen; Wm Dickey; Zach Herndon; Thomas Brewer; David Mebane; John Thompson; James Webb; John Latta; Ca Campbell; Tho D Bennehan; John Campbell; John Taylor; Herbert Sims; Sterling Harris; John Cabe; Wm McCauley; Sam’l Benton; James Latta; A B Bruce; John Rhodes

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 7, page 297
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1807 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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