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Suit: Sam’l Thompson, Joseph Marcum

May 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Sam’l Thompson damages against Joseph Marcum.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1815 term
People
Jurors
Jesse Nevill; John Brown; William Horton; Daniel Wilkerson; Joshua Walker; William Pickett; Charles Trice; Hall Garrison; William Chambers; John Williams; Joseph Hamilton; Sam’l Hodge
Amounts
£12.0.5

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 9, page 43
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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