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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1788 term
Jurors
John Cates; Richard Cates; John Dannel; John Woods; Jno Woods; Sackfield Brewer; Lewis Kirk; Barnet Troxler; James Holms; Aron Sharp; Jno Whelor; Mich’l Holt; John Holt; Wm Rogers; Warren Glenn; John A Hardin; James Pratt; Mark Patterson; Jacob Garrison; Wm Faucit; Wm Dunnagan; Jno Kelley; Jno Latta; James Latta; Hugh Findley; Jno Bowls; James Craig; Frederick Loyd; James Jackson; John Hart; Wm Bracken; Frances Morelan[d]; Jacob Branton; John Caine
Places
Little 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 109
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1788 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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