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Suit: Rebecca Wilkinson, John Mason

28 May 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Rebecca Wilkinson damages and costs against John Mason.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1816 term, 28 May 1816
People
Jurors
James Hurdle; William Faucett; Robert Hastings; Willis Sellars; Levi Jackson; Henry Edwards; William Palmer; Henry Neal; David George; Daniel Cloud; David Cloud; Francis Barbee
Amounts
$4.17

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 171
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1816 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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