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Suit: Watts, Lytle, Stephen J Kirk

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

The jury returned a one-penny verdict plus costs in Watts and Lytle’s action against Stephen J Kirk.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
People
Jurors
Absalom Tatom; Roswell Huntington; Jno Allison; Brice Collins; Wm Rhodes; John Pugh; Martin Palmer; Dav’d Mebane; Walter Alves; Tho Watts; Walter Morrow; Wm Tate
Amounts
/1d

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 158
  • 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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