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Suit: John Willis, Israel Holt

August 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found Israel Holt owed John Willis money and that the limitations defense did not bar the claim.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1818 term
People
Jurors
John Mason; Thomas Horner; John Workman; John Clapp; Thomas Hart; Nathan Marcum; Jesse James; James Corbett; Henry Mize; John Bowles; Fielding Lewis; Nicholas Atkins
Amounts
Ten pounds

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 553
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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