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Jury

27 May 1783 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors qualified, with Moses Crawford as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1783 term, 27 May 1783
Grand jury
Moses Crawford; James Turner; Robert Jordan; James Wilkins; William Phillips; William Whitehead; George Newton; James Trousdale; John O'Daniel; James McAllister; Richard Gant; Wm. Dunnegan; Jno. Woods; John Collins; Lewis Kirk

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 17-151½
  • 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 14 (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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