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Suit: Gracie, Anderson, James Patterson

25 May 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors upheld James Patterson’s bond to Gracie and Anderson, rejected payment and setoff, and converted the Virginia currency penalty.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1796 term, 25 May 1796
People
Amounts
£72.18.8; £121.11.1

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 91
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1796 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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