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Suit: Augustus Benton, Parham Kirk

23 August 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Augustus Benton principal, damages and costs against Parham Kirk.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1803 term, 23 August 1803
People
Jurors
Henry Forrest; Samuel Ector; Michael Holt; Daniel Cloud; Andrew McCleary; William Hobbs; Shadrack Forrest; Sam’l Chambers; Owen Lindley; Isaac Jackson; Martin Hurdle; Hugh Mulhollan Jr
Amounts
£2.6/8; 28.12/10; 30.19.6

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 440
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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