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Suit: James Curry, David Craig

August 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury assessed David Craig £50 in James Curry’s action on the case.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1779 term
People
Jurors
James Minnis; Jacob Riley; John Piper; Hugh Finley; John McVey; John King; William Parton; Mathew McCauley; David Faucet; Gilbert Strayhorn; Daniel Boothe; Samuel Allen
Amounts
50 pounds

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 37-75
  • 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 40 (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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