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Suit: James Gray, Wm Lytle, A Benton

27 August 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected James Gray’s claim that Wm Lytle had promised performance; an appeal followed with approved securities.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1799 term, 27 August 1799
People
Jurors
Tho Fitch; Nat Carter; Frank Wilkerson; Owen Lindley; Benjamin Jackson; Tho Browning; James Wilson; Sam’l Cole; Jno Wilkerson; David Faucett; James Roney; James Dunnagan

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 592
  • 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).
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