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Peter Craven

1712–1791 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Hillsborough District: Trial, Reference and Appearance Docket Superior Court, Part 1, 1768-1773

United States. District Court (North Carolina: Hillsborough District) · 1768

Hillsborough District Superior Court trial, reference and appearance docket, part 1, 1768 to 1773, from the colonial court at Hillsborough. Suits over debt, contracts, slander, detinue and trover fill it, and names include Edmund Fanning, William Tryon, Martin Armstrong and William Few. 299 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Craven, Peter, approximately 1712-1791.

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  1. Grand jury indictments for rout against James Hunter are quashed at the Hillsborough superior court The grand jury returned three indictments for rout naming James Hunter with William Butler, Ninian Hamilton and other Regulators. The court quashed all three for an irregular return and ordered the attorney general to prepare new bills. People: William Butler (Regulator), Richard Henderson, Peter Craven, Maurice Moore, Martin HowardSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Minutes of the Hillsborough District Superior Court (Sep 22 to Oct 1, 1768)
  2. Tryon pardons the 1768 protesters except thirteen named leaders His proclamation left out men including James Hunter, Herman Husband, Ninian Bell Hamilton and William Payne. People: James Hunter, Peter Craven, Herman HusbandLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 35

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