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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire; five named jurors were marked excused.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1789 term
Jurors
Wm Strayon; John Strayon; Wm Couch; Mark Patterson; Hardy Morgan; John McCabe; John Piper; John Latta; Samuel Ector; Wm Hall; Geo Doherty; Wm McKee; John McCanlis; Joseph Allison; John Breeze; Empson Bird; Isaac Dorris; Zachariah Dicks; Obediah Martin; Geo Fosset; Jacob Albright; Tobias Smith; Michael Holt; Pumphret Herendon; John Holt; Michael Shoftner; John Ray; Ro Ray; Nath’l Morrison; Wm Andrews; Jo Stalsworth; Tho Cate; Tho Cate; Rich’d Cate; Wm 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 219
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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