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State case: Wm F Thompson, John Dunnavin

February 1805 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted Wm F Thompson; the court excluded State witness John Dunnavin’s attendance from costs charged against him.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1805 term
People
Jurors
Andrew Gray; James Ray; George Foust; John Campbell; Robert Mebane; Jacob Green; John Davis; John Morgan; James Williams; Joseph Tate; Joseph Woods; William Mangum

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 7, page 10
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1805 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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