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Suit: James Barbee, Wyatt Ballard

27 August 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury decided James Barbee’s action in favor of Wyatt Ballard.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1816 term, 27 August 1816
People
Jurors
John Mason; Zaccheus Buroughs; John Barbee; Moses Guess; Thomas Horner; John King; Robert Morrow; Joseph Armstrong; Daniel Cloud; Young Dortch; Samuel Strayhorn; William Sellars

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 221
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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