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State case: Rich’d Cates

27 August 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted Rich’d Cates of assault.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1800 term, 27 August 1800
People
Jurors
James Comb; Henry Mason; Wm Crutchfield; Wm Rhodes; Tobias Smith; John Cate; Armor King; Sam’l Shaw; Tho Basket; John Ray; Douglas Coupland; Thomas Holden

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 6, page 55
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1800 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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