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Orange County Indexed

Suit: James Mason, Charles Cotton

29 November 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Mason received damages against Charles Cotton; the court applied garnishee Jesse Blalock’s admitted debt toward Mason’s recovery.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1803 term, 29 November 1803
People
Amounts
£24.1/7; £23

Reading note: The sentence describing the garnishee’s debt was incomplete.

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 474
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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