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Orange County Indexed

State case

26 February 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court conditionally fined jurors James Lapslie, Allen Edwards, John Shaddy and 4 others for nonattendance.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1799 term, 26 February 1799
Jurors
James Lapslie; Allen Edwards; John Shaddy; David Allison; James Forsyth; Alex Russell; Joseph Moore
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 5, page 513
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1799 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).
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