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Suit: John Ferrington, Eliza Stroud

November 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors upheld Eliza Stroud’s promise, rejected setoff and awarded John Ferrington damages against her executor.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1802 term
People
Jurors
Robert Moore; Ezekiel Brewer; Nath’l McLemore; Daniel Baldridge; Abner Tapp; Sam’l Thompson; William Clark; Parham Kirk; John O’Daniel; Jonathan Jones; William Campbell; John Strayhorn
Amounts
£33.10/1

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 340
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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