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Orange County Indexed

Jury

1 December 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court directed the sheriff to summon jurors Joseph Thompson, Jno Breeze, Abram Thompson and 33 others for the next term (Jno Tinnens).

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1787 term, 1 December 1787
People
Jurors
Joseph Thompson; Jno Breeze; Abram Thompson; Ro Tinnen Jun; Wm Wallace; Sampson Wood; Robert Cates; Elis Turner; Charles Dunnagin; Tho Trice; Zachariah Herendon; Rich’d Lee; Wm Shepperd; Jacob Beeson; James Freeland; Tho Straine; James McAdams; James Turner Jun; Wm Howell Jun; Mathew Rippy; Wm Bowls; John Carter; Enoch Bradley; Wm Andrew Andrew; Jesse Towel; James Ball; Wm Muurry; Edw’d Wortham; James Moore; James Watson; Jno Carrington; Jno Douglas; Isaac Jackson; Geo Newton; John Horn; Wm Woods
Places
Eno; new hope; little river

Reading note: The repeated Andrew and the spelling Muurry were retained as transcribed; the empty comma position did not identify another juror.

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 93
  • 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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