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Suit: Wm Chizenhall, Jno Marcum

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Chizenhall’s judgment against John Marcum led to a land levy and an order summoning Marcum’s representatives before sale.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1797 term
People
Justices
Wm Ansley; Francis Moreland
Places
3d Fork
Amounts
£10.9.2; 120 acres
Other dates
4th Feb 1792; 3d day of August 1793; Novem 30th 1795

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 183
  • 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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