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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Andrew Ross, Jno M Whitney, A Tatom

1 June 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Whitney won £18.1.6 plus costs; the court required proof of Ross’s offsetting account and appointed five men to settle their accounts by consent.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1787 term, 1 June 1787
People
Jurors
Saml Allen; Peter Williams; Ro Faucet; Geo Gregston; Thos Trice; Gaines Jeffers; Wm King; Joseph Baker; Jno Bryan; Joseph Dickson; Arch’l Lytle; Lewis Jones
Amounts
£18.1.6
Other dates
to Morrow

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 37
  • 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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