Suit: Peter Mallett, James Emant, Henry Lightfoot

The Governor obtained tax-arrears judgment; executor Mallett admitted certificate assets through attorney Nash, and a later execution was noted.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1789 term, 26 May 1789

People

• Peter Mallett (executor)
• James Emant (deceased)
• Henry Lightfoot (defendant; esqr)
• Wm Nash (attorney)

Places

Cumberland

Amounts

£1317.5.5; £618.3.0; £699.3.6; £618.0.0

Other dates

Aug 1792

Reading note: Emant? was uncertain; other sureties were unnamed. Payment components differed from the judgment total, and execution was noted in a later year.

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).