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Suit: Sam’l Thompson, Jno Wilcox

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

The court conditionally amerced Chatham’s sheriff £50 for failing to serve the execution in Thompson’s action against Wilcox.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1788 term, 28 November 1788
People
Places
Chatham
Amounts
£50
Other dates
20 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 179
  • 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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