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Suit: Wm Galbreath, Jno Allison

May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Galbreath £26.0.3 plus costs against the estate but found Allison had fully administered available assets; execution awaited further assets.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1787 term
People
Jurors
Joseph Baker; Wm King; Jno Ryan; Ro Faucet; Theopl Thompson; Saml Thompson; David Scoby; Wm Bradford; James Jackson; Wm Wiley; Gilbert Strayhon; Jno Strayhon
Amounts
£26.0.3

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 30
  • 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).
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