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Orange County Indexed

Suit: James Carson, Jacob Flowers

August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Carson recovered damages and costs against Jacob Flowers and others; execution awaited his direction, and an appeal was requested.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1797 term
People
Jurors
Geo Fosset; Riley Vickers; Jno Copley; Aaron Walker; Nathaniel King; Eli Lindsey; George Laws; John Flintham; Wm Bowls; Tho Cate; James Fosset; Wm Sutton
Amounts
£482.12.6

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 257
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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