Orange County Indexed
Suit: Andrew Gibson, James Bracken
27 November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury rejected Bracken’s ownership claim to land attached as Brown’s property; Bracken appealed and filed bond and reasons.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1788 term, 27 November 1788
- People
- Andrew Gibson (plaintiff)
- James Bracken (defendant)
- James Brown
- Jurors
- Lewis Kirk; James Trousdale; Mathew McCauley; Jno Ray; Wm Woods; James Thompson; Frederick Williams; Jno Donnally; Thomas Brooks; Wm Morrow; Jno Galbreath; Samuel Patten
Reading note: Aff?? in the appeal filing notation was unclear.
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 174
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
