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Suit: John Davis, John M Whitney

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

The jury found Whitney liable, awarded Davis five shillings plus costs, and identified the boundary by the specified stump and rock.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1789 term, 28 August 1789
People
Jurors
Jno Cabe; Wm Hall; Obediah Martin; Jacob Albright; Jno Holt; Tho Cate; Wm Andrews; Jo Dickson; Abner Tapp; Joseph Clendining; Joseph Hodge
Amounts
5/

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 234
  • 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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