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Orange County Indexed

Jury

2 March 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A venire issued, and the sheriff was directed to summon jurors John Brook, James Woody, Wm Common and 26 others for the next county court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1787 term, 2 March 1787
Jurors
John Brook; James Woody; Wm Common; Joseph Baker; John Galbraith; Robert Faucit; Frank Wilkeson; Abraham Thompson; Robert Tinnen Jun; John Sturges; Mark Patterson; James Baldridge; Joseph Allison; Wm McKell; James Hogg; George Johnson; Richard Bennehan; Wm Blackwood; Wm Burns; Wm Steel; Wm King; John Strayhorn; Gilbert Strayhorn; Wm Nunn; Joseph Hasting Sen; John Brian; Enoch Collins; Richard Cate; Thomas Cate
Places
B Creek

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

  • Minute book 4, page 10
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1787 term
  • 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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