Orange County Indexed
Suit: Vanhook, Joseph Dorris
24 May 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
A jury awarded Vanhook £44 plus litigation costs against Joseph Dorris.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1791 term, 24 May 1791
- People
- Vanhook (plaintiff)
- Joseph Dorris (defendant)
- Jurors
- Wm Clark; Dan’l McMehan; Wm Walker; Jno Neeley; Patterson Dannel; Wm Smith; Joseph Bernet?; Benj Peelor; Wm Chizenhall; Jno Lindley; Jno Caldwell; Jno Copley
- Amounts
- £44
Reading note: The plaintiff’s preceding names were unreadable; Joseph Bernet? was uncertain.
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 343
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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).
