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Orange County Indexed

State case: John Ward

August 1766 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Ward was convicted of stealing two deer skins from John Kelly and sentenced to twenty lashes.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1766 term
People
Amounts
two deer skins; 20 lashes

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 459
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 140
  • 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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