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May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court convened with justices Thomas Clancy, Samuel Child, Thomas Brewer and 32 others present.

Kind of business
Court in session
Court
May 1817 term
Justices
Thomas Clancy; Samuel Child; Thomas Brewer; Catlet Campbell; James Mebane; David Allison; Sterling Harris; Dennis Hargiss; John Rhodes; Sampson Moore; William Holt; Joseph Clendening; James Moore; Thomas Rountree; Joseph Moore; Thomas Whithed; William Dickey; James Clark; John Taylor; Zachariah Herndon; Willie Shaw; Thomas Fitch; Henry Brannock; Abram Craig; Matthew Durham; Herbert Sims; John Blackwood; Jacob Greer; James S Smith; David Mebane; Chesley P Patterson; Robert Tinnen; Absalom Alston; Henry Thompson; William Lockhart

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 339
  • 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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