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Orange County Indexed

County business: Samuel Turrentine, Abner Benton Bruce, Catlet Campbell

May 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court confirmed Samuel Turrentine’s account balance, discharged the county judgment except costs, halted execution and ordered payment to him.

Kind of business
County business
Court
May 1815 term
People
Amounts
Fifty three pounds, twelve Shilling & two pence

Reading note: The net balance followed deduction of the county’s judgment; the closing amount used lower-case fifty and capital Pence.

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 9, page 69
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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