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Jury

November 1760 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1760 term
Grand jury
Thomas Stagg; William Reaves; Benjamin Saxon; William Wiley; Richard Holman; Hugh Wood; Samuel Burton; William Grimes; John Wood; Samuel Temple; John Mitchell; James Trice; David Hart; John Slater; James Horton

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 41-220'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 62
  • 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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