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Orange County Indexed

Jury

13 March 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court impaneled grand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Benjamin Martin, James McAlester and 10 others.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
March 1753 term, 13 March 1753
Grand jury
Henry Bedingfield; Benjamin Martin; James McAlester; John Devon (?); Lodowick Clap; John McFarland; Zachariah Martin; William Miers; Abraham Whithersworth; Lawrence Rambo; Robert Patterson; David Stapler; Thos Mathews

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

  • Folio and page 3-6
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 3
  • 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
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