Orange County Indexed
Suit: Smith, Jacob Graves
24 May 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury found against Jacob Graves in Smith’s ejectment action; arrest of judgment was withdrawn and the new-trial rule discharged.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1791 term, 24 May 1791
- People
- Smith (plaintiff)
- Jacob Graves (defendant)
- Gibson
- Jurors
- James Gattis; Isaac Dorris; Mathew McCauley; Rob’t Hunter; David Raney; David Mebane; James Kennedy; Rob’t Scoby; Worham Glenn; Jno Tate; Thomas Connelly; Wm Cooper
- Amounts
- one Shilling; 6d
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 344
- 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).
