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Suit: William Lyttlejohn, Geo Alston, Mathew Strudwick

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

William Lyttlejohn and Geo Alston recovered bond damages against executor Mathew Strudwick; jurors rejected payment, release, setoff and satisfaction.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1798 term
People
Amounts
£46.17.7; £45.0.7; 91.17.8

Reading note: The stated total did not clearly reconcile with the component figures.

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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