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Orange County Indexed

State case: Elisha Cate

26 February 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Elisha Cate was convicted and sentenced to two pillory appearances and continued imprisonment until costs were paid.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1818 term, 26 February 1818
People
Jurors
Baxter Davis; Hugh McCaddams; Joseph Stout; Finney Hart; William Clark; Jarratt Yeargain; Miles Wallis; David Strayhorn; David Cloud; Abner Bailiff; William Horton; Joel Cloud

Reading note: The second pillory date was partly unreadable; performance of the sentence was not reported.

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 462
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1818 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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