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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, paAiken, Nancy Bryan is the author of 'Minutes of the Jones County, North Carolina, Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1826-1841', published 2002 under ISBN 9780788420443 and ISBN 0788420445.
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