Orange County Indexed
State case: Tom
29 November 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury convicted enslaved Tom of petty larceny but acquitted him of burglary; the court ordered immediate whipping and three months’ confinement.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- November 1811 term, 29 November 1811
- People
- Tom (defendant; enslaved)
- Jurors
- David Woods; George Carrington; John Kirk; Robert Dixon; James Patterson; James Kirk; Robert Harris; George Reeves; James Campbell; William Pickett; Joseph Thompson; Joseph Thompson
- Other dates
- three Months
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 276
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
