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Suit: Jesse Nevil, John Umstead

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Jesse Nevil £17.10 against John Umstead in the debt action.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1787 term
People
Jurors
Wm Clarke; Sam’l Chambers; John Allison; Walters Alves; Jno Armstrong; Joseph Dixon; James Grant; Ros Huntington; Sam’l Thompson; Jno Woods; Abr’m Riston; Geo Doherty
Amounts
£17.10

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 67
  • 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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