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Suit: Frances Child, Richard Coope

February 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Richard Coope prevailed against Frances Child; a new-trial request produced a rule to show cause.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1795 term
People
Jurors
Samuel Wilson; Joseph Tate; Charles Rountree; Thomas Brewer; Zachariah Dickey; Robert Nail; Wm Smith; Wm Clarke; Alex Boreland; Benj Yeargan; John Armstrong; John Forest

Reading note: Part of the plea was unreadable.

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 632
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1795 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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