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Suit: Cornfite[?], Dunkin, James H Keys

28 May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Cornfite[?] and Dunkin won damages and costs against James H Keys after jurors found no payment.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1799 term, 28 May 1799
People
Jurors
James Ray; Johnston Craig; James Johnston; Wm Andrew; Aaron Sharp; Tho Basket; Wm Lewis; Allen Sikes; Dav’d Faucit; Tho McCulloch; Rob’t McCulloch; James Mannen[?]
Amounts
£7.8.7

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 548
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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