Orange County Indexed
Suit: James Kirk, John L Kirk, Tony
November 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury found John L Kirk detained enslaved Tony within three years, rejected release, and awarded James Kirk damages and costs.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1811 term
- People
- James Kirk (plaintiff)
- John L Kirk (defendant)
- Tony (enslaved person)
- Jurors
- Joseph Thompson; Elisha Braxton; James Campbell; William Pickett; David Woods; Joseph Thompson; John Ray; James Ray; Fredrick Gates; Henry Neal; Harrison Trice; George Horner
- Amounts
- £250; £38.6
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 253
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
