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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Archer Harris, Elijah Rencher

May 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Following default, Archer Harris received damages and costs against Elijah Rencher.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1800 term
People
Jurors
Daniel Turrentine; William Thompson; Walter Alves; James Morrow; Wm Kirkland; Wm Parish; Thomas Wilson; And’w McBroom; Isaac Holt; David Ray; James Newland; William Nunn
Amounts
£5

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 6, page 4
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1800 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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