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State case: Tho Thomas

26 August 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors acquitted Tho Thomas of assault.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1801 term, 26 August 1801
People
Jurors
Stephen Scarlett; Thomas Bird; John Jameson; Luke Grimes; John Stroud; Robert Carson; Charles Cotton; Wm Whitfield; Dan’l Baldridge; George Maddin; James Newlin; John 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 220
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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