Skip to content

Orange County Indexed

Jury

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded James Clark Jr, Jehu Whithead, Wm Lockard and 27 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1797 term
Jurors
James Clark Jr; Jehu Whithead; Wm Lockard; Isaac Holt; James Mebane Jr; James Hart; John Mitchel; John Strayhorn; John E Carson; John McKerrel; Thomas Fitch; Wm Bradford; Richard Bird; Edm’d Herendon; Wm Trice; John Dannel; John Thompson; Samuel Nelson; Geo Horner; Charles Allison; Rich’d Bennehan; Wm Laws; Joshua Holt; Rob’t Dickson; John Paul; John McCauley; Wm Durham; John Nelson; Martin Parmer; Charles Dunnigan

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 163
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1797 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).
Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026