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Suit: Wm Courtney, Peter V Williamson

23 August 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Wm Courtney damages and costs against Peter V Williamson.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1791 term, 23 August 1791
People
Jurors
Frederick Taylor; Thos Mulholland; Jno Davis; Geo Horner; Zacheus Tate; Enuch Collins; Walter Alves; Isaac Dorris; Jno Railey; Henry Mason; Wm Bradford; Richard Bull
Amounts
£80.8.6

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 362
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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