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Suit: Joseph Moore, Robert Carson

May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Joseph Moore damages and found Robert Carson’s executors held sufficient estate assets to satisfy the demand.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1817 term
People
Jurors
Mason Tapley; Josiah Thompson; John Johnston; Enoch McPherson; Robert Hunter; William Anderson; Samuel Allen; William Jordan; Ross Hutcheson; Samuel Hodge; Burris Estridge; James Grimes
Amounts
$45; $11.75

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 321
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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