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Suit: Cain Ray & Co, James Cain

May 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Cain Ray & Co damages against James Cain.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1803 term
People
Jurors
Johnston Craig; Tho Searcy; Henry Faucett; John Young; Silas Forrest; Augustus Benton; Tho Holloway; James Comb; Abram Craig; James Mitchel; John Thompson; James Tate
Amounts
£2.13/2; 96.10/3

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 409
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1803 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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