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Suit: Wm Newman, Jo McGee

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

On appeal, the jury awarded Wm Newman £5.7.4 plus costs against Jo McGee.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1790 term, 25 February 1790
People
Jurors
Jno Estes; Sampson Wood; Peter Wrightsman; James Christmas; Jo Bennet; Richard Christmas; Brice Collins; Jno McDannel; James Newland; Wm Cabe; Joseph Moore; Jno Piper
Amounts
£5.7.4

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 266
  • 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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