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Suit: George Riggs, Benjamin Bullock

May 1814 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded George Riggs damages and costs against Benjamin Bullock.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1814 term
People
Jurors
John Hart; Israel Holt; William Trice; William Picket; Thomas Holloway; James Faucett; Joseph Harder; Jacob Albright; James Strayhorn; Gilbert Strayhorn; William Crabtree; Samuel Nelson
Amounts
£17.18.6

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 551
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1814 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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