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Jury

28 May 1782 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were summoned, with Samuel Craig as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1782 term, 28 May 1782
Grand jury
Samuel Craig; Samuel Hunter; George Long; Mathew Scoby; Baxter King; Geo. Johnston; Jesse Miller; Jno. Allison; Wm. Armstrong; Sam'l. Nelson; James McAllister; Robert Anderson; John Wilson; David Douglas; Thomas Roundtree

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 1-118½
  • 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 1 (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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