Suit: Augustus Benton, William Duffy

In Augustus Benton’s proceeding against bail William Duffy, the court rejected specified defenses and jurors found no collusion, surrender or release.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1800 term, 27 August 1800

People

• Augustus Benton (plaintiff)
• William Duffy (defendant)
• James Green

Jurors

Mann Patterson; David Strayhorn; George Horner; Thornberry Anderson; Joshua Holt; John Wilburne; James Thompson; Edward Harris; John Justice; John Kirk; James Hart

Places

Orange; Edgecombe

Reading note: Several pleadings and one juror’s name were unreadable; death defense was mentioned without a clear finding. An entirely unreadable juror name was omitted from people rows.

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 53
• 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).