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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1794 term
Jurors
Richard Cochran; James Stockard; John Ray; Wm Patterson; Tho Cole; Jerry Holt; Geo Madden; Dan’l Freeman; James Burrows; John Strain; Wm King; John Strayhorn; Mann Patterson; James Hart; Lewi Whithead; James Mebane; Isaac Holden; Peter Writsman; Sam’l Piper; James Strayhorn; Wm Andrews; Charles Colliar; John Kelly; Jno Paul; Jno Wilkinson; Stephen Hart; John Lewis; Sam’l McCrackin; Robert Gray; Rich’d Bull

Reading note: The annotation after Jno Wilkinson was unreadable.

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 547
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1794 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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