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State case: Edw’d Willerby

27 August 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury convicted Edw’d Willerby of petty larceny involving several objects.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
People
Jurors
Stephen Loyd; Henry O’Dannil; James Hughey; Eli Lindsey; Jno Piper; Richard Gott; Joseph Haisting; Ansel Parish; Ro Tinnen; Nath’l King; Tho Cates; Francis Wilkinson

Reading note: One item was illegible as Cl???.

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

  • Minute book 4, page 153
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1788 term
  • 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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