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Suit: Reuben Penny, Isaac Holt

February 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Reuben Penny was nonsuited in his action against Isaac Holt.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1817 term
People
Jurors
Wm Clarke; Henry Lloyd; Rankin McKee; Joshua Leigh; James Moore; Mann Patterson; Thomas Clarke; John Boothe; Alexander Russell; Willis Sellars; John Mason; Stephen Clemments

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 284
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1817 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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