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Suit: Jesse Gilbert

27 August 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded the Governor tax arrears against sheriff Jesse Gilbert and others, dischargeable through specified money and certificate payments plus costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
People
Jurors
Stephen Hart; Jo Haisting; Jonathan Nichols; Jno Holden; Martin Palmer; Wm Burns; Benj Peelor; Peter Williamson; Wm Gordon; Jo Weaks; Frederick Williams; Wm Hobbs
Amounts
£923.2.7; £536.1.6; £387.6.1
Other dates
1786

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 144
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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