Suit: John Lynch, James Watson

The jury found a promise within three years, rejected setoff, and awarded John Lynch damages and costs.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1810 term, 28 August 1810

People

• John Lynch (plaintiff)
• James Watson (defendant)

Jurors

William Hall; William Bowles; William Hopkins; James Latta; John Wilbourne; Arthur Mangum; John Sharp; Allen Parish; Thomas Holden; William Finley; James Campbell; John Morgan

Amounts

£9.18/

Reading note: A comma was missing between jurors James Campbell and John Morgan. A missing separator between James Campbell and John Morgan was resolved from the twelve-person jury list.

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 8, page 90
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1810 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).