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Orange County Indexed

Jury

24 August 1796 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered jurors Rich’d Christmas, Joseph Hodge, Dav’d Mebane and 11 others to attend the specified court term.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1796 term, 24 August 1796
Jurors
Rich’d Christmas; Joseph Hodge; Dav’d Mebane; Rich’d Cockran; John Rhodes; Shadrach Forrister; Empson Bird; Wm Whithead ?r; And[rew] McBroom; John Strain; Tho Horner; Arch’d Campbell; Wm McCauley; Zack Herendon
Other dates
Sixth day of 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 5, page 120
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1796 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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