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Suit: Samuel Strudwick, William Tate

31 May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury credited Tate’s payments totaling £91.5 and awarded Strudwick the remaining debt with interest and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1787 term, 31 May 1787
People
Jurors
Thomas Lapsley; Joseph Baker
Amounts
£91.5

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 34
  • 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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