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Suit: John Russell, James Palmer

February 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded John Russell damages and costs against James Palmer.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1818 term
People
Jurors
James Ray; John Sykes; David Cloud; David Yarbrough; Richard Blackwood; Allen Sykes; Francis Barbee; Hugh Mulhollan; Adam Douglass; Goodman Nevill; William Jorden; George Troxler
Amounts
£4.10

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 450
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1818 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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