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Suit: Michael Henry, James Lundy

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

The jury found that Lundy executed the deed in Henry’s debt action; the recorded value was torn away.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1790 term, 25 May 1790
People
Jurors
Ro Tinnen; Lewis Kirk; James Lapsley; Sam’l Craig; Jno Rhodes; Ro Neal; James Thompson; Benj Yeargan; James Patterson; James Turner; Jno Johnston; Jno Piper
Amounts
£[torn]

Reading note: The award amount was missing through damage.

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 278
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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