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Suit: Tho Burke, Geo Doherty, Wm Mebane

November 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Tho Burke’s executors won damages and costs against Geo Doherty and Wm Mebane; execution was postponed.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1791 term
People
Jurors
Martin Parmer; Brice Collins; Tho Brewer; James Murdock; Rob’t Berry; Jno G Rencher; Jno Armstrong; Henry Terrel; Tho Connelly; Jno McCallum; Dav’d McCanlis; Benj Peelor
Amounts
£12.4
Other dates
15 days before the next Court

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 384
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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