Orange County Indexed
Suit: Cearns, John Tinnen, James Tinnen
31 May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Jurors upheld James Tinnen’s will against Cearns and John Tinnen’s caveat.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1798 term, 31 May 1798
- People
- Cearns (plaintiff)
- John Tinnen (plaintiff)
- James Tinnen (deceased)
- Jurors
- Baxter King; Rob’t Gray; James Dunnagin; John Strayhorn; James Craig; Wm Fosset; Rob’t Fosset; Samuel Clenney; Joseph Hambleton; Jehue Whithead; Dav’d Allison; John Bullock
- In the will books
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 408
- 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).
