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Suit: Joseph Allison, Jacob Lake

February 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found the tender lawful and directed Joseph Allison to pay suit costs recorded as £18.5.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1788 term
People
Jurors
Hugh Rogers; Andrew McClary; Jno Dannel; Jno Davis; Thomas Cates; James Johnston; Alexander McKee; Joseph Weeks; Ro Tinnen; James Kennaday; John Carrington; Edward Wortham
Amounts
£18.5

Reading note: The wording tied this sum to costs; no separate debt award was supplied.

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 105
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1788 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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