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Orange County Indexed

Suit: Thos. Holden, Wm. Picket

November 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
November 1785 term
People
Jurors
Wm. Galbreath; Wm. Wylie; Robt. McIntire; Jno. Shields; Wm. Newman; John Taylor; Wm. Kennedy; Wm. Strayhorn; Wm. Copeland; F. Moreland; J. Bryant; S. Kirk

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 16-265½
  • 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 19 (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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