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Suit: Richard Leigh, Fardin Grisham, Dan’l Green

August 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Richard Leigh obtained bond judgment against the defendants, subject to specified payments and a damages release; a new trial was denied.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1793 term
People
Jurors
John Albright; Francis Wilkinson; Wm Manor; John Dunavin; James Thompson; Wm Walker; Wm Dunagan; Wm Murrow; Sam’l Patten; George Johnston; Stephen Hart; Rob’t Faucet
Amounts
£7.7; 6d; £70; thirty five pounds; seven pounds 7/9; four pounds six pence

Reading note: The caption named Dan’l Green and E Green, but findings called them Glenn & Green; the allocation and damages figures were inconsistent.

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 483
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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