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Suit: James Horton, Sarah, Nancy Dunnagan

May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found a prior award between the parties; James Horton was ordered to pay costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1817 term
People
Jurors
William Murray; William Bradford; John Mason; Amos Nichols; David Cloud; Abel Rainey; Israel Holt; James Hart; Henry Neal; Edmund Herndon; John Currothers; David Bradford

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 322
  • 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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