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Suit: Michael Turnan, Lewis Kirk

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Michael Turnan recovered damages and costs against Lewis Kirk; jurors found the undertaking timely.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1798 term
People
Jurors
Henry Faucet; James Craig; Jno Holden; Thos Nelson; Eli Collins; Sherwood Allen; Edward Trice; Alexander Russell; Jno Piper; James Riggs; Thomas Horns; James Stockard
Amounts
£44.4

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 478
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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