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Suit: Clement Lanier, Robert Baldrige, And’w Murdock

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Clement Lanier £17.12.6 plus costs against Robert Baldrige and And’w Murdock in the covenant action.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1787 term
People
Jurors
Richard Fosset; Jno Thompson; Wm Gilbreath; Jno Parks; Thos Cates; Jno Strawder; Jno Armstrong; Geo Russel; Jno Woods; Ro Tinning; Enoch Collins; Jno Edwards
Amounts
£17.12.6

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 64
  • 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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