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Jury

August 1763 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were named, with Richard Holeman as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1763 term
Grand jury
Richard Holeman; Thomas Thompson; Gilbert Strayhorn; John Lawson; Joseph Gold; James Wilkinson; David Vanhook; John Hunter; James Craig; William Burney; Christopher Kirksey; John Salling; John Edwards; Edward Grisham; Gilbert Davey

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
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 84
  • 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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