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Suit: Hannah Ray, Wm Clendening, Wm Ray

November 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Hannah Ray and Wm Clendening recovered damages and costs against Wm Ray after jurors upheld John Ray’s bond and rejected setoff.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1795 term
People
Jurors
Abraham Thompson; Dan’l Greene; Thomas Horner; John Durham; Absalum Roach; Enuch Collins; John Moore; Jacob Graves; Mann Patterson; Rob’t Berry; James Clarke; Caleb Harvey
Amounts
£59.12.0

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 47
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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