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Suit: Jno Hanks, Jess Lynch

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jno Hanks recovered the unpaid debt balance and damages against Jess Lynch after a payment credit and rejection of setoff.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1798 term
People
Jurors
Tho Hunt; Jno Ray; Joseph Wood; Jacob Rich; Tho Lindly; Tho Horner; Nicholas Moser; Jas Riggs; Eli Woods; Jno Combs; Henry Faucet; Tho McCracken
Amounts
£4.10; £48.10; £3.2
Other dates
1st day of Nov’r 97

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 487
  • 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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