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Jury

June 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Grand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
June 1753 term
Grand jury
Henry Bedingfield; Abraham Whitworth; John Dunnagan; John White; John Rhodes; William Copeland; William Rhodes; William Reaves; William Miers; James Swafort; Lodowick Clap; Robert Patterson; Thomas Mathews; Hosea Tapley; James Hendricks

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 5-9
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 5
  • 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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