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Orange County Indexed

Suit: John Adams, Watson, Collier

24 November 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Adams received damages and costs against Watson and Collier.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1807 term, 24 November 1807
People
Jurors
Robert Carson; Alex’r Strain; Francis Barbee; Thomas Ray; John Ray; Ralph Faucett; Geo Carrington; Wm P Mangum; James Milk???; John Eubanks; James King
Amounts
£39.11/

Reading note: Only eleven jurors were named; one name was incomplete. One or more names or identifying annotations were uncertain in the transcription.

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 340
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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