Suit: Wm Merridith, James ???, Constant Ladd

The Governor obtained tax-arrears judgment against the sheriff and sureties, dischargeable through the recorded payment terms (Wm Merridith, James ???, Constant Ladd, John Armstrong).

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1789 term, 26 August 1789

People

• Wm Merridith (defendant; Sheriff)
• James ??? (surety)
• Constant Ladd (surety)
• John Armstrong (surety)

Places

Surry County

Amounts

£5000; £256.15.4

Other dates

17??; Aug 92

Reading note: One surety and the tax year were incomplete; a later execution was noted.

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 230
• 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).