County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized by overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and the register of free negroes.
This volume contains entries from Middlesex County Order Book No. 3, 1694-1705, beginning on page 481 and ending on page 611 for courts held 2 November 1702 through 5 March 1704/5.
Ruth and Sam Sparacio
(1998), 2016, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 120 pp.
ISBN: 9781680342499
101-S0249