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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Wm Dosset, William Ansley

27 February 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Dosset recovered slander damages and costs against William Ansley after default; the court issued a rule concerning a new trial.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1798 term, 27 February 1798
People
Jurors
Wm Campbell; James Mebane; Alexander Anderson; John Moore; Alexander Craig; Levi Whitted; David Gilson; David Williams; Andrew McBroom; Henry Neal; Thomas Armstrong; Samuel Thompson
Amounts
£100

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 350
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1798 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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