Suit: John Murray, Walter Morrow

The jury found for Walter Morrow in the slander action brought on John Murray’s behalf by an executor.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1789 term, 26 May 1789

People

• John Murray (deceased)
• Walter Morrow (defendant)

Reading note: by Exr was read as an unnamed executor; the jury was referenced as case 2.

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 208
• 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).