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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Benjamin Spencer, Isaac Bracken

November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Benjamin Spencer recovered damages and costs against Isaac Bracken; jurors rejected escrow and satisfaction defenses and found the undertaking timely.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1797 term
People
Jurors
Wm Wallis; Sam’l Clenny; Robert Carson; Anthony Rickets; David Rainey; Henry Mason; Wm Gwin; Owen Lindley; Eli Collins; James Wilson; Wm Sutton; John Warren
Amounts
£10.3.9

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 322
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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