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Court in session: John Adams

23 December 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court met to examine prisoner John Adams, who had given state’s evidence.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
December 1780 term, 23 December 1780
People
Justices
Wm. McCauley; John Nichols; Wm. Courtney
Other dates
December 23, 1780

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 49-98
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 54 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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