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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court directed the sheriff to summon grand jurors Lewis Kirk, James Carr Jun’r, James Newland and 32 others for the next county court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1787 term
Grand jury
Lewis Kirk; James Carr Jun’r; James Newland; Wm Holliday; Sterling Harris; Wm Whithead Jun’r; Jno Thompson; Sam’l Thompson; William Burns; Sam’l Thompson; Jno M Whitney; Joseph Moore; Wm Bracken; Wm Clarke; Empson Bird; Alexand’r Tinnin; Samuel Thompson; James Gray; Jacob Riley; Jesse Miller; James Baldridge; Francis Baldridge; Robert Anderson; Wm Hall; Saml Torrington; Stephen Loyd; Joseph Hart; Saml Craig; Alexand’r Piper; Wm Partin; Hugh McCadams; Jno M Roney; Jacob Bason; James Stalcurd; Benj’n Rainy; Jacob Marshal
Places
H[aw] River; Enoe; T River

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 73
  • 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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