Orange County Indexed
State case: Jesse Benton, Jesse Clements
November 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On Jesse Benton’s motion, two justices were authorized to bail Jesse Clements, jailed under Robt. Rowan’s warrant on a jailbreak charge.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- November 1785 term
- People
- Jesse Benton (attorney)
- Jesse Clements (defendant)
- Justices
- Robt. Rowan
- Places
- Cumberland County
- Other dates
- next Superior Court of Law & Equity
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 17-266½
- 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 19 (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).
