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Orange County Indexed

Suit: John Riggs

27 November 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury rejected the document offered as John Riggs’s will and found that it made no devise.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1811 term, 27 November 1811
People
Jurors
Joseph Thompson; Elisha Braxton; James Campbell; William Pickett; Joseph Thompson; Robert Dixon; David Woods; John Morgan; Jarratt Yeargain; William Palmer; Eli McDaniel; William Rhodes
Other dates
18 Feb 1811

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 271
  • 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).
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