Suit: William Edwards, John Taylor Sr, William Cummings

The jury awarded William Edwards damages for a promise within three years; only William Cummings’s and Benjamin Yeargain’s witness attendance was taxed.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

May 1809 term

People

• William Edwards (plaintiff)
• John Taylor Sr (defendant)
• William Cummings (witness)
• Benjamin Yeargain (witness)

Jurors

James Tate; Hall Garrison; Thomas Bane; Joseph Harden; Thomas Murdock; Thomas Armstrong; James Murdock; Michael Shoftner; Mark Durham; John Latta Jr; James Clark; Hardy Hurdle

Amounts

£6.9.4 ½

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 520
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1809 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).