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Orange County Indexed

Jury

23 August 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were listed, with Thomas Taylor as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1784 term, 23 August 1784
Grand jury
Thomas Taylor; Samuel McAdams; Rich'd. Cates; Wm. Morrow; Wm. Cain; Lewis Fibees ?; John Holt; Robt. Milliken; Wm. Jamison; And. Griffin ?; Wm. McKee; Mark Patterson; Abram Allen; John Cragg (Craig); Sackfield Brewer

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 44-204½
  • 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 31 (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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