Suit: Benjamin Peelor, Wm Pickit, Jno Williams

Peelor was nonsuited; on his attorney’s motion, the court granted a new trial, from which Picket obtained permission to appeal.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

February 1789 term, 26 February 1789

People

• Benjamin Peelor (plaintiff)
• Wm Pickit (defendant)
• Jno Williams (attorney)

Jurors

Geo Dannel; Jo Haisting; Jno Bowls; Jno Craig; P V Williamson; Jno Dannel; Martin Palmer; Wm Clarke; Eli Collins; Wm Whithead; Wm Shepperd; James Woody

Other dates

28th Feb 1789

Reading note: Wm Pickit later appeared as Wm Picket. The new-trial order stated February 28 despite the input date February 26.

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 195
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1789 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).