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Suit: Francis Nash, Jno McKerall

May 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Francis Nash won damages and costs against Jno McKerall; the jury found no payment or setoff.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1795 term
People
Jurors
Dav’d Lynch; James Crutchfield; Jno Armstrong; Wm Burns; Tho Horton; Joseph Nickes; Peter Foust; Stephen Scarlet; Wm Clarke; Rich’d Bennehan; Rich’d Cochran; Jno Reives
Amounts
£5

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 5, page 4
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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