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Orange County Indexed

Jury

February 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was directed to summon jurors Rich’d Bennehan, John Cain, Geo Carrington and 27 others for May court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1795 term
Jurors
Rich’d Bennehan; John Cain; Geo Carrington; Wm Cabe; John Flinthem; Wm Crabtree; Mann Patterson; Joseph Barbee; Wm Allen; James Pickard; Jehu Whithead; Thomas Fitch; John Moore; Wm Lockheart; Rich’d Cochran; Thomas Howard; John Cook; Lewis Horniday; Nath’l Carter; James Rogers; John Strain; William King; William Burns; James Crutchfield; Wm Horne; John Woods; John Lynch; Ben Dixon; Stephen Ward; James Hastings
Other dates
fourth Monday of May 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 641
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1795 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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