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Suit: Wm Courtney, James Turner

25 February 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Wm Courtney sixpence in damages plus costs against James Turner.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1790 term, 25 February 1790
People
Jurors
Jno Estes; Rich’d Christmas; Jno Holms; Jno McDannel; James Newland; Wm Cabe; Lewis Jones; Dav’d Allison; Nicholas Davis; Mathew Clinton; Joseph Moore
Amounts
6d

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 263
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1790 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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