Suit: William H Meritt, John Willson, Samuel Haynes

The jury awarded William H Meritt damages after rejecting setoff; only Samuel Haynes’s and Benjamin Dodd’s witness attendance was taxed against John Willson.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1811 term, 28 August 1811

People

• William H Meritt (plaintiff)
• John Willson (defendant)
• Samuel Haynes (witness)
• Benjamin Dodd (witness)

Jurors

Alexander Russel; Samuel Kirkpatrick; William Parish; Sullivan Leigh; John Durham; Sam’l Child; Joseph Marcum; James Faucett; William Wallace; Joseph Ellison; James Patterson; Peter Williams

Amounts

£1.0.17

Reading note: The damages notation £1.0.17 contained more than twelve pence and was retained as written.

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 229
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1811 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).