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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire naming prospective jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1789 term
Jurors
Arch’d Campbell; Wm Kirk; Benjamin Lacy; John Grimes; Nich Hardin; John Hogan; Sackfield Brewer; Benja Peelor; James? Hunter; Jno Hodge; Geo Hodge; Tho Hogen; Stephen White; John O’Dannnel; James Ball; Edw’d Pickard; Alexander Anderson; Tho Lindley; John Carter; James Mebane; Tho Mulholland; Edw’d Wilson; John Caine; Barnet Grimes; Thomas Gwinn; Alexander McKee; Wm McKee; Henry Thompson; Hugh Findley; John Carrington; John Pickard; James Newland; Alex Kirkpatrick; Alex Piper; Pumphret Herndon

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 199
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1789 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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