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Orange County Indexed

Jury: Stephen Madden

August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Wm. Nunn as foreman and Stephen Madden as constable.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1778 term
People
Grand jury
Wm. Nunn; Mark Patterson; Jesse Nevil; Gilbert Strahorn; John Gattis; Wm. Comb; Joseph Allison; Hugh Wood; Wm. Stroud; John Taylor; Stephen Lloyd; Wm. Parton; Peter Writsman; Benj. Forrester; Jas. Bird

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 24-48½
  • 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 22 (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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