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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Sarah Smith, Peter Smith

November 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors found Peter Smith responsible for the assault within the limitation period and awarded Sarah Smith damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1800 term
People
Jurors
Zachariah Herndon; Henry Thompson Jr; Baldwin Nichols; James Turrentine; Robert Tinnen; Thomas Bradford; John Mitchel; James Williams; Isaac Patterson; David Patterson; John Coble; Owen Lindley
Amounts
£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 80
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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