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Suit: Sam’l Turrentine, Jno Collins

4 March 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury returned a verdict described as favoring the defendant but naming Sam Turrentine.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1791 term, 4 March 1791
People
Jurors
Jno Estes; Stephen Hart; Wm Burns; James Craig; David Faucet; Jno Thompson; Edmond Jones; Caleb Harvey; Jno Scarlett; James H Rigs?; Wm Cooper; Rob’t Scoby

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 332
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1791 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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