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Suit: James Murray, James Hutcheson, James Lynch

May 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Hutcheson joined as James Lynch’s executor; the court appointed John Ray surveyor and a viewing jury in James Murray’s case.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1804 term
People
Jurors
James Mebane; William Bradford; James Barnhill; George Horner; James Dixon; Stewart Dinon; William Shaw; Richard Bull; Henry Bason; William Griffeth

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 544
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1804 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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