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Suit: John Neeley, Samuel Riggs

24 May 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found Samuel Riggs promised payment within three years, rejected setoff, and awarded John Neeley damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1808 term, 24 May 1808
People
Jurors
John Ray; James Hart; James McClure; William Hobbs; Ezekial Brewer; Joseph Stubbins; James Mason; John Whitsell; Edward Walton; Robert Hall; Reuben Boroughs; Henry Thompson Sr
Amounts
£2.18.6

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 413
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1808 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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