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State case: Joseph Morgan, William Flinthim, James Morgan

August 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted the riot defendants; the court fined Joseph Morgan, William Flinthim and James Morgan and imposed differing prison terms.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1801 term
People
Jurors
Joseph Wood; Sam’l Carson; James Wilson; Wm Hendley; James Finley; Jesse Towel; John Towel; John Casey; James Webb; John Johnston; William Kirkland; James Yarbrough
Amounts
five Shillings

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 231
  • 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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