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State case: Joseph Hughs

February 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury acquitted Joseph Hughs.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1817 term
People
Jurors
Henry Lloyd; James Moore; John Booth; Rankin McKee; Joshua Leigh; Thomas Clark; Stephen Taylor; James Lapsley; John Mason; Samuel Cloud; John Cate; Matthew Ray

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 303
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1817 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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