Suit: John McKerall, Samuel Child, David Yarbrough

The jury awarded John McKerall damages and costs against Samuel Child. An appeal was requested.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1814 term

People

• John McKerall (plaintiff)
• Samuel Child (defendant)
• David Yarbrough (surety)
• Thos H Taylor (surety)

Jurors

John Scarlet; Richard Workman; John Albright; Enoch McPherson; Archibald Hamilton; David McRory; David Ray; Robert Walker; John Hunt; Sampson Moore; John Morgan; John Crutchfield

Amounts

£2 80.16.5

Reading note: One or more monetary figures were malformed or partly illegible; the exact figures were retained. Named securities for the stay or appeal were retained.

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 590
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).