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Suit: Peter, John Bysor, Simpson Tate

May 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Following an initial damages assessment, the court set aside judgment and dismissed Peter and John Bysor’s action against Simpson Tate.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1801 term
People
Jurors
Jesse Cate; John Workman; James Tate; Absalom Hill; Parham Kirk; Nathl King; Mann Patterson; John Scott; Charles Shanks?; Danl Cloud; Abner Tapp; John Millican
Amounts
1d

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 177
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1801 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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