Orange County Indexed
Suit: William McQuiston, Augustus Benton
November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
William McQuiston recovered damages and costs against Augustus Benton; jurors rejected payment and setoff.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1798 term
- People
- William McQuiston (plaintiff)
- Augustus Benton (defendant)
- Jurors
- Henry Thompson; James McCulloch; Patrick McVey; James Wilson; Henry Mason; Edward Trice; Rich’d Faucet; Rob’t Steward; Hugh Mulhollan; Christian Peelor; Jno Holden; Daniel Baldridge
- Amounts
- £29.3.6
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 486
- 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).
