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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen grand jurors were listed, with Andrew Murdoch as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1784 term
Grand jury
Andrew Murdoch; Jones Blake; Rob Nelson; Richd. Christmas; Chas. Clendenning; John Odannell; Francis Moreland; Abraham Massey; Wm. Copeland; Wm. Burns; Wm. Strayhorn; Jos. Thompson; Benja. Roany; Rob. Anderson; Rob. Fosset

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 52-220
  • 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 35 (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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