Suit: Wm Willis, Wm M Rankin, Lindsey White

The Governor obtained judgment for tax arrears under the sheriff’s bond, dischargeable through specified money and certificates; a later arrest execution was noted (Wm Willis, Wm M Rankin, Lindsey White, Isaac Jones).

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1789 term, 26 May 1789

People

• Wm Willis (defendant; Shff)
• Wm M Rankin (defendant)
• Lindsey White (defendant)
• Isaac Jones (defendant)
• Tho Brown (deceased; Dec)

Places

Bladen

Amounts

Eight hundred & Sixty nine pounds 9/8; £706.8.9; 163.1.6

Other dates

August 1792

Reading note: The payment components differed from the stated judgment total; the execution notation postdated this term.

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 203
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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).