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Suit: Wm Johnston, Wm Jackson

28 November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On appeal, the jury awarded Wm Johnston’s executors £6.11.4 plus costs against Wm Jackson.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1788 term, 28 November 1788
People
Jurors
John Davis; Wm Shepherd; Eli Collins; Sam’l Allen; Wm Newman; Wm Courtney; Thos Watts; Jno Mitchum; Hasting Bartlet; Jesse Miller; Wm Gorden; Henry Morrice
Amounts
£6.11.4

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 177
  • 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).
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