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State case: Henry Jacobs

25 August 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury convicted Henry Jacobs of assault.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1791 term, 25 August 1791
People
Jurors
Richard Faucitt?; William Whithead; Joseph Mallett; Roswell Huntington; Samuel Austin; Robert Ferguson; Benj’n Yergen; John Ward; Edward Thomas; Edward McCluskey; James Beyard; Robert Faucitt

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 366
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1791 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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