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Suit: Wm Griffis, Absalom Holt

26 August 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors found Absalom Holt had not performed his covenant and awarded Wm Griffis damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1800 term, 26 August 1800
People
Jurors
Mark Durham; David Dickey; Charles Cate; Samuel Cole; John Lankston; Thomas Brewer; Thomas Holloway; David Raney; Danl Freeman; Tho Holden; Douglas Coupland; James Faucett
Amounts
£27.10

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 45
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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