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Suit: John Sloss, Abner B Bruce

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

Jurors rejected John Sloss’s claim that Abner B Bruce had undertaken the alleged obligation.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1798 term, 29 August 1798
People
Jurors
Jno Horneday; Wm Harvey; Jacob Wilhoit; Michael Holt; Wm Gaunt; Tho Clark; David Allison; John Moore; Tho Robertson; Jno Milliken; Thomas Loyd; James Clendenin

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 441
  • 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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