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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the executed venire listing thirty prospective jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1785 term
Jurors
John Whitney; John Estis; John Shields; And. Borland; John Collins; Wm. Shepherd; Jas. Thompson; Sam. Chambers; John Flinton; Jas. Jackson; Robert Neale; Robert Wilson; Jas. Tate; Wm. Jackson; Alex Carson; Thos. Holden; Dan'l. Cloud; Jas. Hastings; John Piper; Wm. Couch; John Reeves; Jas. Craig; Amston Bird; Chas. Johnston; John Carrington; Thomas Lynch; Jas. Mebane; And. Murdoch; Joseph Stalsworth; Wm. Galbreath

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 8-249
  • 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 8 (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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