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Suit: Polly W Burke, George Doherty, James Hogg

28 May 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Polly W Burke, acting through guardian James Hogg, won damages and costs against George Doherty.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1791 term, 28 May 1791
People
Jurors
Wm Clerk; Sam’l McMehan; Wm Walker; Jno Neely; Patterson Dannel; Wm Smith; Benjamin Peelor; Wm Chizenhall; James Gattis; Jno Lindsey; Jno Caldwell; Jno Copley
Amounts
£259.15.0
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/483: August 1793 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/593: August 1794 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/414: May 1803 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/657: February 1800 term →

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 352
  • 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).
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