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Orange County Indexed

State case: John Artis

28 August 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted John Artis of petty larceny.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1804 term, 28 August 1804
People
Jurors
Jonathan Thompson; John Morrow; Andrew Robinson; Thomas Robinson; John Holden; John Horneday; Henry Brannock; Henry Nail; William Dodd; Isaac Newton; Caleb Harvey; William McKee

Reading note: A missing comma separated Jonathan Thompson and William McKee; both names were indexed individually.

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 577
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1804 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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