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Suit: James Hastings, Henry Hastings

May 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded James Hastings damages and costs against Henry Hastings.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1816 term
People
Jurors
William P Mangum; George Reeves; Hugh Mulhollan; Joseph Hodge; Ezekiel Trice; George Johnston; John Marshall; Robert Hunter; John Workman; Henry Goodrich; William Bradshaw; James Barnhill
Amounts
£16.2.8 ½

Reading note: A further action involving the same parties awarded a different amount.

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 200
  • 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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