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Suit: Thos. Burke, Wm. O'Neal, Wm. Saunders

May 1783 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Thos. Burke’s motion, Caswell’s sheriff was fined £50 for failing to return execution in Wm. O’Neal’s case against Wm. Saunders.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1783 term
People
Places
Caswell
Amounts
50 pounds
Other dates
last Term

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 18-153½
  • 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 15 (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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