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Suit: John Gouley, Joshua Cate, James Gouley

February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A commission was ordered to take John Gouley’s deposition in South Carolina for Joshua Cate’s suit against James Gouley.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1778 term
People
Places
S. C.

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 16-31½
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 13 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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