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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1783 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Russell was fined for failing to attend as a talesman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1783 term
Jurors
James Russell
The court’s words
“Talisman of Jury”

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 19-155½
  • 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 16 (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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