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Suit: William Gill, John Carrington

November 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors valued John Carrington’s bond, credited a payment and awarded William Gill principal, damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1799 term
People
Jurors
Jno Witesides; Jno Carson; George Reeves Sr; William Blackwood; Joshua Witty; Thomas Browning; David Gilson; Sherwood Allen; Robert Faucett; Isaac Holt; John Warren; James Pratt
Amounts
one hundred Dollars; £50; £.6/; £5.9; £55.9
Other dates
25th June ’98

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 618
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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