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State case: Matthew Barber, Joseph Moore, Robert Carson

May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Matthew Barber was fined for failing to testify for Robert Carson’s executors in Joseph Moore’s action.

Kind of business
State case
Court
May 1817 term
People

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 321
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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