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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1788 term
Jurors
Wm Clark; Andrew McBroom; Wm Woods; Wm Hall; Tho Wilson; Wm Cate; Jno Morrow; Wm Morrow; Jacob Dablin; Abram Thompson; James Trousdale; James Thompson; Geo Foust; Peter Foust; James Neil; Henry McColurs?; John Donnally; Joseph Stalsworth; Joseph Kirkland; Sterling Harris; Thomas Bradshaw; Rich’d Christmas; Geo Long; Mathew McCauley; Jo Haisting; Jo Weaks; Frederick Williams; Lewis Kirk; Jno Griffith; Jno Steel; Geo Johnston; Jno Ray

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 163
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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