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Suit: James Carson, John Caldwell

May 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Caldwell prevailed in James Carson’s covenant action brought for Rich’d Clifton?.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1793 term
People
Jurors
James McCulloh; Matthew McCauley; Griffith Thomas; John Armstrong; Thomas Lasley; Francis Wilkinson; John Steele; Isaac Holden; Thomas Whitehead; Mathew Wood; David Rainy; Nath’l Carter

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 456
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1793 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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