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Official appointed

February 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Clark and Dennis Hargiss and Thomas Fitch and William Lockhart took the qualifying oaths as justices of the peace.

Kind of business
Official appointed
Court
February 1817 term
Justices
James Clark; Dennis Hargiss; Thomas Fitch; William Lockhart

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 283
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1817 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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