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Suit: Wm Penn, John Carrington

23 August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Penn recovered damages and costs against John Carrington after default and a jury inquiry.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1796 term, 23 August 1796
People
Jurors
Caleb Harvey; Rob’t Tinnen; Tho Vincent; John Warren; John Dannel; John Pugh; Joseph Booth; Joseph Latta; James Mebane Jr; John Cain; Rob’t Faucit; Dav’d Strayhorn
Amounts
£106.16.9

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 116
  • 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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