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Jury

May 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thirteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1761 term
Grand jury
Thomas Stagg; Robert Wells; William Grimes; James Armstrong; Samuel Watt; Jeffrey Beck; John May; Peter Youngblood; Joseph Foshee; Henry Gold; Joseph King; William Marsh; Gibeon Kirksey

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 53-243'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 68
  • 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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