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County business: Michael Holt, Thomas Scott, Richard Henderson

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

Michael Holt’s committee recommended additional compensation for the unnamed clerk and sheriff.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1812 term, 28 May 1812
People
Amounts
Ten pounds; Twelve? Pounds ten Shillings

Reading note: The sheriff’s proposed amount was uncertain in the transcription.

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 368
  • 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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