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 No. 6, 1754-1763 beginning on page 486 and ending on page 618 for Courts held August 23, 1759, through March 25, 1762. Originally printed in 2000, reprinted 2016.