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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors qualified.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1784 term
Grand jury
William Morrow; Jos. Hastins; Stephen Loyd; John Wims (Weems); William Strayhorn; John Wood; William Dunnegan; Wm. Combs; Robert Nelson; Thomas Thompson; John Reeves; Peter Writisman; John Cabe; Abner Bolin; Jesse Miller

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 37-191½
  • 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 28 (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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