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Orange County Indexed

Suit: William Whitfield, John Allison

May 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Following default, William Whitfield received nominal damages and costs against John Allison.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1802 term
People
Jurors
James Davis; Jno Lankston; John Paul; Robert Moore; Isaac Bracken; William Trice; Richard Morr??; James Barnhill; Sam’l Whitsell; Lewis Kirk; Robert Moore; Sam’l Riggs
Amounts
1d

Reading note: Richard Morr?? was incomplete; Robert Moore occurred twice in the jury and both rows were retained. One or more names or identifying annotations were uncertain in the transcription.

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 283
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1802 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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