Suit: Wm Merrit, Wm Lytle, Rob’t Ferguson

The jury favored Wm Lytle in Wm Merrit’s debt suit; Merrit moved for an appeal and retained the bond.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1791 term, 26 May 1791

People

• Wm Merrit (plaintiff)
• Wm Lytle (defendant; surv’g partner &c)
• Rob’t Ferguson (witness)
• Warrs

Jurors

Wm Clark; Daniel McMihan; William Walker; Jno Riely?; Patterson Daniel; Wm Smith; Joseph Bennet; Benj Peelor; Wm Chiz[en]hall; Jno Lindley; Jno Caldwell; Jno Copley

Amounts

one hundred & sixty pounds

Other dates

18th of June 1787

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 346
• 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).