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Suit: Wm Courtny, James Turner

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

The jury was sworn in Courtny’s action against Turner; no verdict was recorded.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1789 term, 29 August 1789
People
Jurors
John Cabe; Wm Hall; Jno McCanlis; Obediah Martin; Jacob Albright; John Holt; Peter Wrightsman; Wm Clerk; John Horne; Michael Carrel; Jno Davis; Wm Andrews

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 237
  • 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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