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Suit: Henry Bracken, Tate, May

May 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors upheld and valued Tate and May’s bond, rejected escrow delivery, payment and setoff and awarded Henry Bracken damages.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1807 term
People
Jurors
Henry Goodloe; Isaac Durham; Archibald Durham; Melch McDaniel; William O’Daniel; James Pratt; Charles King; John Workman; Jonathan Nichols; James O’Daniel; William Hopkins; William Lockhart
Amounts
£150; £36.10; £186.10

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 264
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1807 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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