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Suit: Wm Kirkland, Hardy Morgan

May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm Kirkland and company recovered damages and costs against Hardy Morgan’s executors; jurors rejected setoff.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1798 term
People
Jurors
John Galbreath; Benjamin Yeargan; James Mebane; John Griffith; Rob’t Fossit; James Pratt; Sherwood Allen; James Roberts; John McRory; Sam’l Clenney; Eli Collins; Hugh Mulholland
Amounts
£41.4.5

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 396
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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