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Orange County Indexed

Suit: William Jackson, John Collins

May 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected John Collins’s defenses in William Jackson’s proceeding; the court’s judgment was unreadable.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1800 term
People
Jurors
Samuel Chambers; James Cain; Martin Palmer; Jesse Clark; Nicholas Derning; Thomas Clark; John Kirk; Alexr Russell; James Faucett; James Cate; David White; Jno Lynch

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 6
  • 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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