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Suit: Barney Clapp, John Mason

November 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Barney Clapp damages against John Mason.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1817 term
People
Jurors
Alexander Russell; Francis Barbee; John Grahams; William Shepperd; Edward Rippey; Charles Trice; Noah Rhodes; Cason Capps; James Lapslie; William Murray; John Sharp; James B Dickey
Amounts
£43.8.3; 43.8.3d

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 420
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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