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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The record listed remaining panel jurors and marked James Alston excused.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1790 term
Jurors
Thomas Tate; Wm Ray; Walter Alves; Joseph Hart; Edward Harris; Wm Jackson; Empson Bird; Jesse Miller; James Cozort; Archer Harris; James Alston; Wm Holloday; Lewis Horniday; Jonathan Nichols; Richard Cate; Sam’l Chambers; Wm Clerk; Ro Scoby; James Niel; James Trousdale

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 294
  • 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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