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Suit: James Carson, Wm Shepperd

February 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Carson recovered damages against Wm Shepperd; jurors rejected payment, setoff and satisfaction and found the undertaking timely.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1799 term
People
Jurors
Absalom Holt; John Stroud; Charles King; John Piper; John Whitesides; James Horton; John Comb; Lewis Rhodes; Wm Forsyth; Robert Wilson; Wm Philips; Christopher Barbee
Amounts
£44.10.3

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 517
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1799 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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