Orange County Indexed
State case: Thomas McDowel
1 March 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Jurors found the goods belonged to Jacob Thomas, not Empson Bird; after legal argument, the court discharged Thomas McDowel without bail.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- February 1797 term, 1 March 1797
- People
- Thomas McDowel (defendant)
- Jacob Thomas
- Empson Bird
- Jurors
- Sam’l Nelson; Jehu Whithead; Thomas Armstrong; Martin Parmer; Jno McCauley; Wm Bradford; William Durham; Jno Paul; James Mebane; Jno Strayhorn; Jno Daniel; Jno Nelson
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 5, page 176
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1797 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
