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Suit: John Cabe, John Majors, Francis Moreland

26 August 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors upheld Francis Moreland’s promise and awarded John Cabe damages against executor John Majors.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1806 term, 26 August 1806
People
Jurors
Robert King; Samuel Stewart; Henry Thompson Jr; John Holden; James Hart; John Piper; Sam’l Woods; William Woods; James Faucett; Thomas Love; Isaac Holden; Ezekiel Brewer
Amounts
£176.16/

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 7, page 174
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1806 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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