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Suit: Young Dorch, William Carrington

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

The jury awarded Young Dorch damages against William Carrington.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1816 term, 29 August 1816
People
Jurors
Alexander Russell; Willis Sellars; William Wallace; George Reeves; James Lynch; Boroughs Estridge; Alfred Moore; James Faucett; Thomas Horner; John Crutchfield; Sullivan Leigh; James Herndon

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 229
  • 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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