Suit: Joseph Brower, Augustus Benton, Andrew Gibson

Joseph Brower won covenant damages against Augustus Benton, whose appeal securities were approved.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1799 term

People

• Joseph Brower (plaintiff)
• Augustus Benton (defendant)
• Andrew Gibson (attorney)
• Sam’l Benton (surety)
• Nathaniel McLemore (surety)

Amounts

£448.2.6; /6d

Reading note: The appeal entry called the plaintiff Joseph Brown; linked by defendant, appeal and sequence. One word in the verdict was unreadable.

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 584
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).