Suit: Samuel Farris, John Sweeny, Jesse Benton

After Farris swore the prescribed insolvency oath and gave notice to Sweeny’s attorney, the court discharged him from the imprisonment process for debt.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1787 term

People

• Samuel Farris (defendant)
• John Sweeny (plaintiff)
• Jesse Benton (attorney; Atto at Law)

Amounts

twenty five Pounds, two Shillings; forty Shillings

Other dates

twenty Days & upwards

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).