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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1787 term
Jurors
Lewis Kirk; James Carr; James Newlan; Wm Holloday; Sterling Harris; Wm Whithead; John Thompson; Samuel Thompson; Wm Burnes; Samuel Thompson; Joseph Moore; Wm Bracken; Wm Clark; Empson Bird; Alex Tinnen; Samuel Thompson; James Gray; Jacob Riley; Jesse Miller; James Baldridge; Francis Baldridge; Ro Anderson; Wm Hale; Samuel Torrentine; Stephen Loyd; Joseph Hart; Samuel Craig; Alex Piper; Wm Partin; Hugh McAdams; Jno McRory; Jacob Bason; James Stockard; Benjamin Raney; James Minnis; John Upchurch; Memucan Hunt; John Hunt

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 79
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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