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Suit: Reuben Burrows, Andrew Patterson

November 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Reuben Burrows recovered the unpaid bond balance and damages against Andrew Patterson after jurors allowed two payments.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1795 term
People
Jurors
Dan’l Green; Thomas Horton; Thomas Horner; Nath’l Morrison; Abraham Thompson; John Carrington; Samuel Thompson; Thomas Horne; Wm Browning; John Thompson; Eli Newland; John Gant
Amounts
£4; £2.1.0; £1.5.0; 21.12.4; £22.17.4
Other dates
30th Nov ’94; March 17th ’95

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 52
  • 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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