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Orange County Indexed

Suit: William Goss, John Watters

28 August 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury resolved every issue for William Goss and awarded damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1811 term, 28 August 1811
People
Jurors
Henry Fosset; James O’Daniel; John Ray; Matthew Ray; Thomas Ray; James Forsyth; William Pritchett; Isaiah Marcum; Allen Sykes; William Warren; Joseph B Shaw; James Mason
Amounts
£28.17.6

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 230
  • 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).
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