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Orange County Indexed

Jury

March 1759 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court selected twelve grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
March 1759 term
Grand jury
William Reed; John Dowell; James Murry; John McFarlin; John Woods; William Anderson; John Powell; Michael Holt; Daniel McCullom; Joseph Walker; George Allen; Peter Hilton
Places
Salisbury

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 21-179
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 50
  • 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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