Orange County Indexed
Suit: John Riggs, Ezekiel Laws, John Guess
27 May 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On objections by Ezekiel Laws and John Guess, the jury rejected the purported will of John Riggs.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- May 1812 term, 27 May 1812
- People
- John Riggs (deceased)
- Ezekiel Laws (petitioner)
- John Guess (petitioner)
- Jurors
- Thomas Latta; Baxter Davis; John McCauley; William Palmer; Aaron Walker; William Faucett; Joseph Rountree; John Loy; Joseph B Shaw; William Holt; Absolam Alston; John Hunt
- Other dates
- 18th May 1803
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 363
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1812 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).
