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26 May 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices James Latta, James Webb, John Latta and 21 others present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
May 1808 term, 26 May 1808
Justices
James Latta; James Webb; John Latta; John Long; Robert Tinnen; Joseph Moore; David Allison; David Mebane; John Thompson; Joseph Clendening; Samuel Benton; Herbert Simms; John Rhodes; William Barbee; John Umstead; Thomas Brewer; Jonathan Lindley; James Mebane; John Taylor; Chesley P Patterson; Thomas Whithead; Abner B Bruce; Andrew McBroom; John Cabe

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 424
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1808 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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