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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Benjamin Nicholson, James Minnis

August 1766 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Arbitrators Joseph Maddock and James Riley awarded Benjamin Nicholson £2-10 plus £2-14-8 costs against James Minnis.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1766 term
People
Amounts
£ 2-10-; costs £ 2-14-8

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 481
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 142
  • 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).
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