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Suit: Ellender McDade, James Coghlin

23 May 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Ellender McDade recovered damages and costs against James Coghlin on appeal; jurors rejected satisfaction.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1797 term, 23 May 1797
People
Jurors
David Denning; Eli Hill; Baxter King; Philip Walker; John Cabe; William Strayhorn; Jacob Marshill; Ephraim Frazier; James Wilson; Robert Thompson; William Wallace; John Taylor
Amounts
£20

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 221
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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