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Orange County Indexed

Jury

25 May 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Barbie, Alexr. Piper, John Connelly and 29 others for next term.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1786 term, 25 May 1786
Jurors
John Barbie; Alexr. Piper; John Connelly; Mark Patterson; Stephen Loy; Mathew M'Cauley; Charles Johnston; John Craig; Joseph Hastings, Senr.; John Hogan; Joseph Thompson; Samuel Chambers; James Jackson; Wm. Mitchell; Jacob Branton; John Nichols; John Kelly; John Woods; John Woods; Wm. Jimmerson; Wm. Cate; Thomas H. Perkins; Timothy Hughs; Joseph Baker; Wm. Ray, Jun.; James Moore; John Neely; James Watson; Wm. Ray; Samuel Craig; George Riggs; Sam. Torrentine, Jun.; Charles Dunnegan
Other dates
next Term

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 32-296½
  • 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 26 (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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