Orange County Indexed
Suit: John Jameson, Sam’l Riggs, Jane
28 August 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court settled John Jameson and others’ claims against Sam’l Riggs and his wife, excluding enslaved Flora and her children from division.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- August 1804 term, 28 August 1804
- People
- John Jameson (plaintiff)
- Sam’l Riggs (defendant)
- Jane (defendant)
- Samuel Riggs (defendant)
- Margaret (heir)
- Mary Jamison (heir)
- Jane Jamison (heir)
- John Jamison (heir)
- William Jamison (heir)
- Robert Jamison (heir)
- Jas Glasgow
- Wm Hall
- James Glasgow
- J Glasgow
- Flora (enslaved person; enslaved by Jane)
- Jurors
- Jonathan Thompson; William McKee; John Morrow; Andrew Robinson; Thomas Robinson; John Holden; John Horneday; Henry Brannock; David Nutt; Henry Nail; Wm Dodd; Isaac Newton
- Amounts
- £1346.1.8; 248.6.8; 3.3.3; £1663.11.7; £177.06; £177.0.6; 90.5.6; £267.6.0; £127.6.6; 15.5.6; £142.11; 36.18.4; 9.17.9; £183.7.7; 177.0.6; 100.17.11; 30.18.4; £318.14.6; 318.14.6; £393.14.6; 87.10; £306.4.6; 393.14.6; £313.14.6; one thousand eight Hundred and thirty four pounds six Shillings and one penny
- Other dates
- April ’99; May 1803; 8 ½ years; 2 years; 5 ½ years; 9 ½ years; 7 years
Reading note: The jury was discharged by consent before the court ruling. John Jameson also appeared as John Jamieson; beneficiaries and account names retain their separate source spellings. Several account totals or carry-forwards were inconsistent, including Margaret’s and Mary’s balances; amounts were not corrected. Flora’s children were unnamed. Jane was identified as purchasing for herself.
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 575
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
