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Suit: Samuel Whitsett, Robert Murdock

August 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury upheld Robert Murdock’s written instrument and awarded Samuel Whitsett damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1808 term
People
Jurors
Richard Cate; William Wallis; George Faucett; John Stroud; Anderson Stroud; George Pratt; William Forsythe; John Thompson; Isaac Lint; Thomas Bird; Matthew Patton; John Workman
Amounts
£64.5/

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 438
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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