Orange County Indexed
Suit: Wm. Merritt, Benj. Chapman
May 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The referenced jury heard Wm. Merritt’s case against Benj. Chapman.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1785 term
- People
- Wm. Merritt (plaintiff)
- Benj. Chapman (defendant)
- Jurors
- Hugh Cain; Wm. Clark; Jno. Reeves; Sam'l. Allen; Wm. Rhodes; John Estes; Wm. Lytle; Geo. Daugherty; Absolom Tatom; Jno. Whitney; James Grant; John Strother
- Amounts
- No. 97
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 7-247½
- 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 7 (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).
