Suit: David English, James Cearson

Commissions issued for depositions from David English, Christean Varts, George Burket, Phillip Mheaner and others in David English’s case against James Cearson.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

November 1786 term

People

• David English (plaintiff)
• James Cearson (defendant)
• David English (witness)
• Christean Varts (witness)
• George Burket (witness)
• Phillip Mheaner (witness)

Places

Pennsylvania; County of Cumberland; Carlile; Philadelphia; Franklin County; Baltimore

Other dates

58 days notice; 66 days notice; 54 days notice; 76 days notice

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 43-319
• 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 34 (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).