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Suit: Cain, Ray, Wm Jackson Jr

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

The court summoned Wm Courtny to explain his failure to file the note supporting Cain and Ray’s judgment against Wm Jackson Jr.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1797 term, 1 March 1797
People
Justices
Wm Courtny

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 179
  • 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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