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Suit: James B Horne, Thomas Horne

August 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James B Horne won damages against Thomas Horne’s executor; a new-trial motion produced a rule to show cause.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1794 term
People
Jurors
Rob’t Hodge; Jo Hastings; Robert Gray; James Dickie; Benj Yeargan; Adam Sharp; Wm Courtney Jr; Jno McDannel; Jno Armstrong; Dan’l Cloud; Joseph Dickson; Wm Dickie
Amounts
£9.15.8; 6d

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 587
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1794 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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