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Suit: Isaac Holden, Squire Shearman

25 May 1814 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Isaac Holden damages and costs against Squire Shearman.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1814 term, 25 May 1814
People
Jurors
George Reeves; William Hall; Richard Crabtree; Norris Crompton; John J Carrington; William Hopkins; Samuel Box; Baxter Davis; Samuel Hancock; William Gant; Harrison Trice; Wm P Mangum
Amounts
£2.2

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 566
  • 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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