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Constable appointed: Gray Barbee, Anthony Maxwell Dixon

28 May 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Gray Barbee replaced Anthony Maxwell Dixon as constable after Dixon accepted an army commission.

Kind of business
Constable appointed
Court
May 1812 term, 28 May 1812
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St Marks; United States

Reading note: The bond entry ended before naming securities or amount.

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 365
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1812 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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