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Suit: Joseph Dixon, Wm Latham

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On appeal, the jury awarded Joseph Dixon an amount recorded as 1.15 plus costs against Wm Latham.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1787 term
People
Jurors
Baxter Boreland; Jno Breeze; Joseph Tade; Wm Sheppard; Jno Steel; Jno Woods; William Rogers; Jno Davis; Jno Armstrong; Jos Woodey; Jno Thompson; Wm Burns
Amounts
1.15

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 58
  • 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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