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State case: John Riggs

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

The jury found John Riggs guilty as charged.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1811 term, 29 August 1811
People
Jurors
Alexander Russell; Samuel Kirkpatrick; William Parish; Sullivan Leigh; John Durham; Jacob Greer; James Patterson; Jehu Bird; Joseph Ellison; Barby? B?????; Isaiah Marcum; William Carrington

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 288
  • 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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