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Suit: Nancy Benton, Collins, Wizener

November 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Nancy Benton recovered damages and costs against Collins and Wizener for unperformed covenants.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1795 term
People
Jurors
Nathaniel Morrison; Daniel Green; Thomas Hinton?; Thomas Horner; Abram Thomson; Joseph Montgomery; Thomas Love; Jno Albright; James McDaniel; Jno Elliss; Jesse Lynch; Ezekiel Trice
Amounts
forty four pounds Eight shillings and seven pence; 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 5, page 48
  • 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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