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State case

May 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors James Burrows, Sam’l McCrackin, Rich’d Cochran and 4 others incurred conditional fines for failing to answer the sheriff’s call.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1794 term
Jurors
James Burrows; Sam’l McCrackin; Rich’d Cochran; Isaac Holden; Thomas Cole; Jerry Holt; George Madden

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 550
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1794 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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