Suit: Nancy C Blake, Archibald Reeves, Henry Thompson Jr

The jury found Archibald Reeves liable and awarded damages; an appeal was requested with Henry Thompson Jr and Daniel Turrentine as sureties.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

November 1809 term, 28 November 1809

People

• Nancy C Blake (plaintiff)
• Archibald Reeves (defendant)
• Henry Thompson Jr (surety)
• Daniel Turrentine (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

25

Reading note: The damages figure lacked a currency or unit marker.

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 589
• 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).