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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded Shaderick Forrester, Tho Gwinn, Abraham Anderson and 33 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1791 term
Jurors
Shaderick Forrester; Tho Gwinn; Abraham Anderson; James Curry; Jno Hogg; David Ray; Wm McQuistin; Jno Allison; Wm Hooper; John Whithead; Theo Thompson; Thomas Watts; Wm Jackson; Richard Faucit; James Haisting; Sam’l Chambers; Benjamin Davis; Joseph Thompson; Anthony Doherty; Joseph Haisting; Empson Bird; Nicholas Davis; Geo Faucet; Joseph Fennel; Philip Walker; Jno Woods; James Allison; Wm Allaburton; Christopher Barbee; Rob’t Tinnen; Jesse Miller; Frances Baldridge; Jno Long; Thomas Baker; James Mitchel; Jno Rhodes

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 355
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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