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Suit: Stephen Gappens

November 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected payment and setoff in the trustees’ debt action against Stephen Gappens and others.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1795 term
People
Jurors
Martin Palmer; Henry Faucet; Tho Howard; Jno Loy; Francis Baldridge; Jno Workman; Mathew Woods; Alex Kirkpatrick; Wm Woods; Sam’l Gattis; Geo Johnston; Rob’t Thompson

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 51
  • 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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