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Suit: Adam Rice, Thos Davis

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Adam Rice damages recorded as 234.16 plus costs against Thos Davis.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1787 term
People
Jurors
William Philips; James Craig; Wm Kenneday; Jno O’Dannel; Jno Tinnin; Steph’n Forrest; Alexander McKee; James Hughey; Daniel Baldridge; James Wilson; Hugh Findley; Mark Patterson
Amounts
234.16

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 57
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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