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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the executed venire naming the summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1787 term
Jurors
Lewis Hornedy; Joseph Wells Sen’r; Richard Laughlin; Wm Canada; James Craig Sen’r; James Craig Jun’r; James Ball; Jno Grins; Wm Morrow; Geo Reeves; Thos Baker; Wm Partin; Thos Connelly; Jno King Jun’r; Thos King; Henry Sarver; Henry Morrow; Wm Bracken; Henry White; James Tate; Ro Miliken; Joseph Stalsworth; Thos Lindsey; Benj’n Davis; Jno Patten Sen’r; Joseph Holmes; Robert Ray Sen’r; Wm Philips; Stephen Forrest; Richard Cate; Stephen Wilson; Jno Dannel Sen’r; Jno Tinnen; Wm McBroom; Math’w Lindsey
Places
Enoe

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 49
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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