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Suit: Charles Shanks, William Hatchet

31 May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Charles Shanks damages and costs against William Hatchet.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1817 term, 31 May 1817
People
Jurors
Mason Tapley; Josiah Thompson; John Johnston; Tinnin McCaddams; Robert Hunter; William Bradford; William Anderson; Samuel Allen; William Jorden; Ross Hutcheson; Samuel Hodge; Enoch McPherson
Amounts
£4.8.6

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 357
  • 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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