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Orange County Indexed

Jury

February 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon thirty named jurors for the next county court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1778 term
Jurors
George Harrington; William Ray; John Wilkinson; William Rhodes; Robert Campbell; Thomas Trice; John Dunlap; Hugh Wood; John Patterson; Edward Harris; James Veezey; George Laws; Charles Horton; John Tinning; Cairns Tinning; Laurance Thompson; David Craig; John Craig; Sam'l. Craig; James Craig; William Ansley; Charles Johnston; Robt. Baker; Thomas Holden; William Whitehead; John Scarlet; John Wiams; William Galbreath; James Blackwood; John Taylor
Places
Cain Creek; Enoe

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 19-37½
  • 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 16 (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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