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Jury

28 February 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Seventeen grand jurors were sworn, with Thos. Trice as foreman.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1785 term, 28 February 1785
Grand jury
Thos. Trice; Thos. Cate; Thos. Cate; Rob Milliken; Rob Morrison; James Newlin; Jonathan Lindley; Jesse Miller; And. McBroom; John Thompson; Samuel May; Abraham Whitticar; Jno. Cabe; Wm. Ray; Charles Roberts; Jno. Woods; Stephen Wilson

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 55-227
  • 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 36 (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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