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Jury

August 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was directed to summon jurors Empson Bird, Wm Hooper, James Carson and 11 others for Superior Court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1794 term
Jurors
Empson Bird; Wm Hooper; James Carson; Walter Alves; Andrew Burke; James Baldridge; Rich’d Cochran; Jno Ray Majr; Jno Rhodes; Shadrick Forrester; Francis Morland; Jno Hogan; Baxter King; Jno Sloss
Places
Hillsboro
Other dates
6th day October next

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 594
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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