Orange County Indexed
Suit: Michael Burke, Saml Grear
29 May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury upheld Grear’s bond but found his tender, including an offered third horse, sufficient and returned a verdict for him.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1787 term, 29 May 1787
- People
- Michael Burke (plaintiff)
- Saml Grear (defendant)
- Jurors
- Joseph Hasting; James Hutchinson; Jno Mitchel; Charles Johnston; Jno Wilson; Joseph Tade; Jno Morrow; Jno McCabe; Thos Lynet; Alex’r McKee; Francis Baldridge; Jno Allen
- Amounts
- two Horse Creatures; four French Crowns; a third Horse Creature
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
- Minute book 4, page 25
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1787 term
- 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).
