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Orange County Indexed

State case: James Williams

May 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted James Williams on the indictment.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1802 term
People
Jurors
Henry Shepperd; Nath’l Newlin; David Patterson; William Brown; John Lynch; Tobias Smith; William Morrow; John Daniel; William Lewis; John Cole; John Piper; Robert Fossett

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 294
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1802 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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