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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Wilson, E Holt, William Fitch

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

Jurors valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff and awarded Wilson and E Holt nominal damages against William Fitch.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1803 term, 23 August 1803
People
Amounts
£147.17/10; £736.7.11; 6d

Reading note: The stated condition value exceeded the stated penalty; figures were retained without correction.

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 442
  • 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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