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Suit: Augustus Benton, Edmund Shelton

November 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A juror was withdrawn in Augustus Benton’s action against Edmund Shelton.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1801 term
People
Jurors
James Patterson; Henry Edwards; Ezekiel Brewer; James Barnhill; Thomas Cook; William Moore; John Millican; Thomas Brewer; Joseph Barber; John O’Daniel; Jonathan Jones; William Wallace

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 238
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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