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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The listed people were ordered summoned as jurors for next county court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1785 term
Jurors
James Craig; Wm. Kenneday; Wm. Burns; Stephen Lloyd; Wm. Strayhorn; Geo. Reeves; Robt. Ray; Jno. Patton; Jas. Weekey; Rich'd. Laughlin; Thos. Cates; Jas. Raney; James Boyle; Wm. Bracken; Jno. Robinson; Edw. Rippey; Robt. Faucett; Jno. Bowles; Wm. Blackwood; Jno. Weams; Jno. Caldwell; Geo. Garrison; Garrett Garrison; Ben. Reney; Francis Moreland; Wm. Moreland; Dan'l. Watson; Anderson Comer; Mark Patterson; Jerimiah Spencer; Wm. Shepherd; Thos. Trice; Christ. Barbee; Abijah Massey; Jno. Meachum; Wm. Copeland; Jno. Bryant
Other dates
next County Court

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 11-255
  • 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 12 (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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