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Suit: John Coupland, Abram Collins, Isaac Jackson

23 August 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found Abram Collins liable within six months and awarded damages; defense witness Isaac Jackson was fined for failing to appear.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1808 term, 23 August 1808
People
Jurors
Samuel Corruthers; William Tate; William Wallis; Isaac Patterson; Richard Cate; John Woods; William King; William H Goodloe; Henry Shutt; William P Mangum; John Sparrow; John Strayhorn
Amounts
11d ¾

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 441
  • 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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