Suit: Francis Jones, John Morgan, Jarratt Yeargain

The jury credited payment and awarded Francis Jones the balance; Jarratt Yeargain and John Taylor Jr secured a stay of execution.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

November 1809 term, 28 November 1809

People

• Francis Jones (plaintiff)
• John Morgan (defendant)
• Jarratt Yeargain (surety)
• John Taylor Jr (surety)

Jurors

Joseph Steel; Exum Elliott; Samuel Nelson; William Morrow; Robert Thompson; John Brown; Charles Christmas; James Tate; Allen Edwards; David Gilston; Abram Craig; Sam’l Child

Amounts

£34.17; £176.12; 6d

Other dates

18th Octo 1808

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 587
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).