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Suit: Tyree Duke, Duke, Horton

August 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Tyree Duke damages and costs against Duke and Horton. An appeal was requested.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1817 term
People
Jurors
David Woods; Henry Anthony; James Murdock; Samuel Thompson; Thomas Sellars; Charles Debrular; Joseph Armstrong; Willis Sellars; John Williams; John Carruthers; John Reeves; John Mason
Amounts
£10.8.10

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 373
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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