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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Frances Dunn, And[rew] Brooks

1 March 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Frances Dunn recovered damages and costs against And[rew] Brooks on appeal.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1797 term, 1 March 1797
People
Jurors
Alexander Anderson; Samuel Steward; Andrew Gibson; Jno Ray; James Patterson; Allen Cain; Robert Tinnen; Hugh Robertson; Charles Collier; Benjamin Rhodes; Charles Christmas
Amounts
£12.17.1

Reading note: Only eleven jurors were named; no missing juror was invented.

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 174
  • 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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