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Orange County Indexed

Jury

24 August 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Nineteen grand jurors were sworn, with Michael Holt as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1779 term, 24 August 1779
Grand jury
Michael Holt; John Holt; Robert Ray; John Wood; William Williams; Henry Hastings; Henry Morris; William Stroud; Edward Stroud; Edward Trice; William Dunnegan; William Clendenning; Benj. Rhodes; Robert Campbell; John Moore; John Allen; William Clark; Timothy Cain; James Murrow

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 35-71
  • 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 37 (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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