Orange County Indexed
State case: Peter, Sarah Horton
26 February 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Jurors acquitted Peter, enslaved by Sarah Horton, of murder.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- February 1801 term, 26 February 1801
- People
- Peter (defendant; enslaved by Sarah Horton)
- Sarah Horton (enslaver)
- Jurors
- Geo Foust; James Mitchel; John Kelly; Geo Carrington; James Phillips; Henry Thompson; Benjamin Rhodes; Isaac Holden; Wm Chizenhall; Wm Guant; Benjamin Raney; John Daniel
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 142
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1801 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).
