Minutes of the Jones County, North Carolina, Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1826-1841 - Paperback

by Nancy Bryan Aiken (Author)

In 1830 55% of Jones County families owned slaves, and the men that participated in the county court were predominantly slave owners. This court's jurisdiction "extended to suits of $100 or more for violations of the penal code, and to suits for dower, pa