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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1786 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon jurors John Loy, Phillip Snotterly, Aaron Sharp, Jun. and 33 others for next County Court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1786 term
Jurors
John Loy; Phillip Snotterly; Aaron Sharp, Jun.; Jacob Marshall; Tobias Smith; Benj. Piggott; John Holt; James Woody; Wm. M'Pherson; David Phillips; James Stockard; Jacob Albright, jun.; John Wheeler; James Dickey; Levi Hall; Nicholas Harden; Zachariah Tate; Shadrach Forrest; Grisham Forrest; Thomas Redden; Samuel May; Wm. Glenn; Alexander Strain; James Gattis; Geo. Johnston; John M'Bride; James Craig, jun.; Sampson Wood; John Powel; Nicholas Gibbs; William Copland; John Patterson; Samuel Ector; James Murray; Arthur Mangum; Archer Harris
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 37-307½
  • 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 30 (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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