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Orange County Indexed

State case: John, Sam’l Cole, William Laycock

November 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted John and Sam’l Cole; the court limited their liability for state-witness attendance to William Laycock and John Cates.

Kind of business
State case
Court
November 1801 term
People
Jurors
John Piper; Levi Whitted; Isaac Holden; Martin Palmer; Jehu Whitted; George Waggoner; Alex’r Robbs; James Tate; Ephraim Mitchell; John Workman; William Eccles; John Millison

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 253
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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