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Suit: Robert Campbell, John Taylor, Wm Sheppard

28 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Robert Campbell recovered damages and costs against John Taylor after setoff; Taylor appealed with Wm Sheppard as approved surety.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1798 term, 28 August 1798
People
Jurors
Henry Pickard; Robert Carson; Tho Fitch; James Faucet; Armor King; James Wilson; Wm McDannell; Wm Love; Jno Justice; Leven Rhodes; Rich’d Hargraves; David Fossett
Amounts
£21.10.9; £43.18.7

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 437
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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