Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Orange County Order Book 5, 1747-1754 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 134 for Courts held July 23, 1747, through May 28, 1748. Originally printed in 1997, reprinted 2016.