Orange County Indexed
Suit: Jno, Jesse Embree
May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Garnishee Lydy Ray denied personal debt but described possible obligations of her deceased husband; judicial attachment was directed concerning Jno Reiley on his wife’s behalf.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1787 term
- People
- Jno (plaintiff)
- Jesse Embree (plaintiff)
- Jno (defendant)
- Ralph McNier (defendant)
- Lydy Ray (Garnishee)
- Hannah Beyer
- Jno Reiley
- Joseph Ray (deceased)
- Places
- Jets Creek
Reading note: Shared surnames were omitted for both first-named Jnos. McNier was later written McNairs; Jud Att was read as judicial attachment.
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).
