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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1766 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the grand jury panel, with James Freeland as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1766 term
Grand jury
James Freeland; Barney Clapp; George Whitton; George Robinson; William Few; Nathaniel Walton; Elijah Eastwood; Nathan Milton; Solomon Terrill; James Collins; Vachel Clarke; William Copeland; John Fuller Lane; Abraham Miles; Barney Cabe; John May

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 451
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 137
  • 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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