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Suit: James C Brehon, James Patterson

29 November 1814 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded James C Brehon damages and costs against James Patterson.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1814 term, 29 November 1814
People
Jurors
James Hart; Moses; Campbell; Melch McDaniel; William Marshall; John Barton; Andrew Walker; John Strain; William Palmer; Jonathan Thompson; John O’Kelly; William Whitted
Amounts
£35

Reading note: Moses, Campbell was printed with an internal comma; the sequence was retained as two uncertain names, leaving eleven likely people if read as Moses Campbell.

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 624
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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