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Jury

May 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were sworn with Solomon Debow as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1764 term
Grand jury
Solomon Debow; Henry Fuller; William Marsh; John Allison; John Marsh; John Tinning; John Woods; Burgess Harrison; Charles Stephens; John Powell; Patrick Porter; William Hargis; Robert Taylor; William Wilbourn; Samuel Farmer

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 160
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 99
  • 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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