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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded Wm Clark, Jno Nichols, James Faucit and 33 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1791 term
Jurors
Wm Clark; Jno Nichols; James Faucit; Dan’l McMehan; Wm McKee; Jno Riggs; Joseph Woods; George Newton; Wm Walker; James Thompson; Jno Thompson; Jno Steel; James Thompson; Thomas Bradshaw; Sam’l Steward; Rob’t Millikin; Jno Neely; Christopher Barbee; Patterson Dannel; Hardy Morgan; Wm Smith; Joseph Bennet; George Herndon; Wm McCord; Benjamin Peelor; Henry Mason; Jno Sturges; Wm Chizenhall; Rich’d Leigh; Jno Lindsey; Wm Durham; Jno Davis; Jno Caldwell; Jno Copley; James Gaddis; James Hart; Wm Couch

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 335
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1791 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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