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Suit: James Winfree, William Sparrow

August 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded James Winfree damages and costs against William Sparrow.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1817 term
People
Jurors
Thomas Davis; Adam Dixon; John Mason; Alexander Russell; Henry Neal; John Young; John Boothe; William McDaniel; John Hunt; James Robinson; Abram Parker; Eli McDaniel
Amounts
6d

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 383
  • 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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