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Suit: Alex Martin, Thos. Donalson

23 August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury was sworn in Alex Martin’s case against administrator Thos. Donalson.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1785 term, 23 August 1785
People
Jurors
John Estis; Wm. Shepherd; Wm. Nunn; Wm. Galbreath; John McRory; Hardy Morgan; John Taylor; John Woods; James Few; John Woods; Wm. Clark; Wm. Picket
Amounts
No. 1

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 9-250½
  • 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 9 (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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