Orange County Indexed
Suit: John Edwards, Wm. Hightower
26 August 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
John Edwards received leave to sue Wm. Hightower through Hugh Edwards as his best friend.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- August 1779 term, 26 August 1779
- People
- John Edwards (plaintiff)
- Wm. Hightower (defendant)
- Hugh Edwards (his best friend)
- The court’s words
- “by Hugh Edwards his best friend”
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 36-73
- 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 39 (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).
