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State case: Nath’l Horsey

29 August 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Nath’l Horsey was convicted and sentenced to fifteen lashes and further detention; the closing condition was incomplete.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1815 term, 29 August 1815
People
Jurors
James Gant; Alexander Russell; William Jameson; Elisha Kirk; John Mason; Thomas Latta; Hugh McCaddams; David Strayhorn; David White; Jeremiah Holt; Joshua Walker; James Hart
Amounts
£100; £50

Reading note: The defendant later appeared as Nathaniel Horsey; unexplained recognizance amounts followed the unfinished sentence.

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 9, page 89
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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