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Suit: And Gibson, Wm Galbreath

1 December 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded And Gibson £0.16.5 in damages plus costs against Wm Galbreath.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1787 term, 1 December 1787
People
Jurors
Saml Thompson; Hugh McAdams; James Gray; James Stockard; Samuel Allen; Thos Faucet; Archibald Lytle; Norman Biggelow; Lewis Jones; Ro Morrison; Rich’d Laughlin; Jo Moore
Amounts
£0.16.5

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 92
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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