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Suit: Henry Newsome, Robert Trotter

August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors determined the bond amounts and a payment in Henry Newsome’s action against Robert Trotter.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1796 term
People
Amounts
£19.7; £4.4; 25.5; 43.6.8

Reading note: The payment date and arithmetic were unclear in the transcription.

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 107
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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