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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the executed venire naming summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1790 term
Jurors
Wm Kirk; Abraham Thompson; Ro Tinnen Jr; Jno Woods; Dav’d Mebane; Samuel Nelson; James Christmas; Arch’d Campbell; Lewis Kirk; Richard Cate; Thomas Cate; James Lapsley; Sackfield Brewer; James Mitchel; Geo Long; Thomas Baker; Jno Mitchel; Mathew McCauley; Samuel Craig; Jno Rhodes; Rich’d Bennehan; Wm Cain; James Moore; Isaac Jackson; Rob’t Neal; James Thompson; Samuel Chambers; Dan’l Cloud

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 276
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1790 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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