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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire naming the listed prospective jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1787 term
Jurors
Jno Brooks; James Woody; Wm Common; Joseph Baker; Jno Galbreath; Ro Faucet; Francis Wilkinson; Abram Thompson; Ro Tinnen; Jno Sturgess; Mark Patterson; James Baldridge; Joseph Allison; Wm McKee; James Hogg; Geo Johnston; Rich’d Benehan; Wm Blackwood; Wm Burns; Wm Steel; Wm King; Jno Strayhon; Gilbert Strayhon; Wm Nunn; Joseph Hasiting; Jno Brian; Enuck Collins; Rich’d Cate; Tho Cate

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 3, page 639
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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