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Jury

February 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fourteen named jurors were appointed for Hillsborough District Superior Court on April first.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1779 term
Jurors
James Freeland; Wm. Cain; John King; Samuel Allen; John Tapley Patterson; Gilbert Strahorn; William Johnston; William Rainey; German Baxter; Gairns Tinning; John Tinning; Thomas Clark; James Clark; Ralph Williams
Places
District of Hillsborough
Other dates
1st Day of April next

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 32-63
  • 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 32 (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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