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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the executed venire naming summoned jurors.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1790 term
Jurors
Jno McCanlis; James McCulloch; Wm McCord; Tho Jorden; James Morrow; James Cozart; James Alston; Edw’d Harris; Arch’d Harris; Dan’l Cloud; Wm Jackson; Jesse Miller; Jno Reeves; Empson Bird; Jno Walker; Joseph Hart; Jno Strain; Wm Strayhorn; James Strayhorn; James Craig; James Trousdale; Ro Scoby; Jno Thompson; Wm Ray; Jno Woods; James Niel; Wm Holloday; Henry Mason; Lewis Horniday; Thomas Tate; Walter Alves; Jonathan Nichols; Henry Edwards; Sam’l Jackson

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 293
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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