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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Chas. Clendenning, James Freeland

November 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found for James Freeland in Chas. Clendenning’s case.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1785 term
People
Jurors
Edward Gwinn; Wm. Whitehead; Jno. Armstrong; Jno. Hart; Frans. Moreland; Cairns Tinning; Jno. Carrigan; Wm. Copeland; Wm. Strayhorn; Ab. Allen; Jesse Miller; Rd. Christmas
The court’s words
“find a voice in favor of Defendant”

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 15-262
  • 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 16 (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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