Orange County Indexed
Suit: Jesse Benton, John Cate
1 December 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On John Cate’s attorney’s motion, the court ordered a jury to hear the disputed Bear Creek land claim onsite and report next term.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1787 term, 1 December 1787
- People
- Jesse Benton (attorney; Esq)
- John Cate (petitioner; Caveator)
- Thomas Cate (Enteror)
- Justices
- Will Lytle; Wm Ansley; William Courtney
- Places
- Bear Creek; little Cain Creek
- Amounts
- about 200 acres
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 93
- 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).
