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Suit: Elizabeth Dishon, Brice Collins, Jack

29 August 1809 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found Brice Collins did not detain enslaved Jack as claimed by Elizabeth Dishon.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1809 term, 29 August 1809
People
Jurors
John Garrett; John Thompson; William Wilson; David Patterson; Stephen Scarlett; James McCaddams; James Turner; Alexander Russell; Joseph Armstrong; David Strain; William McDaniel; Samuel Crawford

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 561
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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