From a search at Documenting The American South (University of North Carolina):
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- Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning fees for lawsuits against debtors (1768)
- Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning the pardon of John Fruit
- List of taxpayers in Orange County in 1790
An excerpt from the first petition mentioned:
"And now in Humble Confidence we Rest satisfied knowing that whatsoever appears to you to make most for the Publick good will be done and we your Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever Pray"
Alexdr Mebane
John Hennen
William Phillips
John Butler
William Jackson
William Trousdale
William Trousdale's name was also on this petition excerpted below:
"To his Excellency Josiah Martin his Majestys Captain General, Governor, Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina
The petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of Orange County Humbly Sheweth.
That whereas John Fruit one of the out Lawed Regulators, hath ever since he came to years of Maturity behaved himself as a useful member of Society and in all things becoming a subject of great Britain, until he unfortunately fell in with that most Extraordinary set of Enthusiastick people Called Regulators...".
The names of John and James Trousdale were found on the list of taxpayers in Orange County in 1790.
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