Orange County Indexed
Suit: William Chavis, Moses Ridley
17 February 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
William Chavis was summoned to show why debtor Moses Ridley should not receive relief under the Insolvent Act.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- February 1761 term, 17 February 1761
- People
- William Chavis (plaintiff)
- Moses Ridley (defendant; a poor Debtor)
- The court’s words
- “Benefit of the Insolvent Act”
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
- Folio and page 46-230
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 64
- 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
