Orange County Indexed
Suit: James Caston, Stokely Donelson
30 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court discharged garnishee Augustus Benton after testimony about payments and a land conveyance for Stokely Donelson’s obligation to Joseph Brown.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- August 1798 term, 30 August 1798
- People
- James Caston (plaintiff)
- Stokely Donelson (defendant)
- Augustus Benton
- Joseph Brown
Reading note: Stokely Donelson also appeared as Stockley Donelson; some testimony wording was unreadable.
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 450
- 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).
