Orange County Indexed
Suit: John M Whitney, Nash
27 February 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court ordered the sheriff to sell John M Whitney’s 280 acres under an execution whose creditor and debt amount were partly illegible.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- February 1788 term, 27 February 1788
- People
- John M Whitney (defendant)
- Nash (plaintiff)
- Amounts
- 280 acres; 15/6
Reading note: The creditor appeared as ??? Nash? Esqr; the debt amount was unreadable. Only the acreage and costs were clear.
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 107
- 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).
