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Orange County Indexed

Suit: James Williams, Eli Hill

24 August 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected justification and awarded James Williams damages against Eli Hill.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1802 term, 24 August 1802
People
Jurors
Wm Clark; John Galbreath; Wm Whithed; James Yarbrough; William Lewis; Caleb Harvey; David Rainey; Charles Dunnagan; Abner Bailiff; John Waggoner; William Holt; Henry Forrest
Amounts
£13

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 320
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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