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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1777 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned fifteen grand jurors, who were empanelled and sworn.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1777 term
Grand jury
Benj. Rhodes; John Hart; John Allen; Robert Baker; Robt. Peasley; James Craig; Richard Fossett; Joseph Hawkins; William Parten; Wm. Whitehead; John Craig; David Craig; Andrew Nitchel; Daniel Watson; Wm. Blackwood

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 9-17
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 9 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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