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State case: Samuel Carson

February 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The prosecution of Samuel Carson ended in a mistrial without prejudice to the state.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1816 term
People
Jurors
James Herndon; Ross Hutcheson; James Tate; William Anderson; Josiah Armstrong; Daniel Cloud; Burris Estridge; Daniel Carlton; Edmund Herndon; Richard Blackwood; Sullivan Leigh; Thomas Carlton

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 136
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1816 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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