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Suit: Wm Horton, John Taylor

August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Horton recovered damages and costs against John Taylor on appeal.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1797 term
People
Jurors
George Fosset; Riley Vickers; John Copley; Aaron Walker; Nathaniel King; George Laws; John Flinthem; Wm Bowles; Tho Cate; Wm Sutton; Thomas Fitch; Jno Bullock
Amounts
£8.12

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 262
  • 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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