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Suit: Barnabas O’Farrell, William Wilkins

27 August 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found William Wilkins not guilty; an appeal was requested.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1811 term, 27 August 1811
People
Jurors
Alexander Russell; Samuel Kirkpatrick; William Parish; Sullivan Leigh; John Durham; John Hunt; John Neily; Thomas Cate; Mathew Ray; William McDaniel; John Holmes; William Wallis

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 8, page 227
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1811 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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