Orange County Indexed
Suit: Wm Johnstons, John Umstead, Jno Nichols
28 November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court conditionally amerced sheriff Jno Nichols £50 for failing to serve execution in Johnston’s executors’ action against Umstead.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1788 term, 28 November 1788
- People
- Wm Johnstons (deceased)
- John Umstead (defendant)
- Jno Nichols (sheriff; Esq)
- Jesse Benton (attorney)
- Amounts
- £50
- Other dates
- Twenty days
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 178
- 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).
