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Suit: Jno McVey, Jno Allison

25 August 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury returned an award of £57.18.11 plus costs; an appeal followed in McVey’s debt action against Allison.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1789 term, 25 August 1789
People
Jurors
John McCabe; Wm Hall; Jno McCanlis; Isaac Dorris; Obediah Martin; Jacob Albright; John Holt; Wm Andrews; Tho Cate; Jno Kelley; Lewis Kirk; Samuel McAdams
Amounts
£57.18.11

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 222
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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