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Orange County Indexed

State case: Thomas Mathews

September 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thomas Mathews was ordered into the stocks for fifteen minutes for contempt of court.

Kind of business
State case
Court
September 1753 term
People
Other dates
one-quarter-hour

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

  • Folio and page 10-19'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 7
  • 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
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