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Suit: Wm Jackson Jr, John Collins

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Jackson Jr recovered nominal damages and costs against John Collins after default and jury inquiry.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1797 term
People
Jurors
John Mitchel; John Strayhorn; John McCauley; Wm Durham; Martin Parmer; Jehu Whithead; John Paul; Wm Bradford; James Mebane; John Dannel; Dav’d Lynch; Samuel Wood
Amounts
1d

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 165
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1797 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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