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Suit: Wm Hanes, Thomas Corksey, Mattw Brooks

May 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court authorized Wm Hanes’s deposition for the defense in Thomas Corksey’s suit against Mattw Brooks.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1793 term
People
Places
Patrick County; Virginia
Other dates
twenty days Notice

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 459
  • 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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