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Orange County Indexed

Jury

February 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff summoned jurors Henry Hastings, John Armstrong, Edward Turner and 28 others for next court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1779 term
Jurors
Henry Hastings; John Armstrong; Edward Turner; Robert Burnside; James Thompson; Samuel Chambers; William Whitted; Isaac Gattis; Andrew McBroom; Wm. Comb; John Craig; John Murrow; William Oniel; Richd. Fossett; David Anderson; Robt. Anderson; John Anderson; Wm. Anderson; James Monro; James Hogg; Joseph Hastings; Francis Wilkenson; Benj. Thompson; Laurance Thompson; James Baldridge; George Miller; Wm. Jackson; James Jackson; Jacob Branton; Adam Dixon; James Murdoch
Other dates
next Court

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 32-64½
  • 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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