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Suit: Samuel Roach, John Kirk

August 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury awarded Samuel Roach damages against John Kirk.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1818 term
People
Jurors
James Thompson; Thomas Vincent; Jacob Jackson; Micajah Thomas; David Parker; Thomas Vincent; Alexander Mason; William Murray; Barney Clapp; John Brown; Edward Herndon; Joseph Smith
Amounts
$47.25; $50.

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 555
  • 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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