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Suit: Billy Gooch, Jas Hutchison, Eccles

23 November 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Gooch’s affidavit, the court ordered the Hutchison dispute proceedings returned for review and stayed further constable action.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1790 term, 23 November 1790
People
Justices
Jno Walker

Reading note: The constable’s given name and return term were illegible; say all further proceedings was read as stay.

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 314
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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