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County business: Abner B Bruce, Samuel Turrentine, Henry Thompson Jr

31 May 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Abner B Bruce, Samuel Turrentine and Henry Thompson Jr were appointed to settle deceased clerk Samuel Benton’s county accounts and report next term.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1811 term, 31 May 1811
People
Places
County of Orange
Other dates
next Term

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 8, page 213
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1811 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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