Orange County Indexed
Suit: Augustus Benton, Benjamin Smith, John Taylor
February 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Augustus Benton won damages after a setoff; Benjamin Smith appealed with John Taylor and Nath Christmas as sureties.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- February 1795 term
- People
- Augustus Benton (plaintiff)
- Benjamin Smith (defendant)
- John Taylor (surety)
- Nath Christmas (surety)
- Jurors
- Sam’l Wilson; Charles Rountre; Zachariah Dickey; Rob’t Nail; Wm Smith; Wm Rodgers; Jacob Marshal; John Kelly; Rich’d Coope; Wm Elliott; Dan’l Freeman; John Reeves
- Amounts
- 17.13; £86.10.6; 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 636
- 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).
