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State case: Samuel Allen

November 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury convicted Samuel Allen as charged; the court imposed a fine.

Kind of business
State case
Court
November 1794 term
People
Jurors
Wm Cabe; Samuel Stuart; Jno Walker; Joseph Baker; Robert Hall; Jno Thompson; Joseph Boothe; Joseph Tate; Jesse Lynch; Tho Hart; Tho Durham; Enoch Collins
Amounts
20/

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 622
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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