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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded John Casey, James Mebane Jr, Samuel Torrentine and 25 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1797 term
Jurors
John Casey; James Mebane Jr; Samuel Torrentine; William Picket; Mann Patterson; Nathaniel King; Charles King; Jacob Wilhite; William Andrew; Jeremiah Holt; Alexander Strain; John McDannell; Joshua? Holt?; Wm Stroud; Robert Holliday; John Freeland; Andrew McBroom; George Allen; Levi Whited; Aaron Walker; William Morrow; George Fosset; Eli Lindsey; John Copley; James Nelson; Riley Vickers; Wm Blackwood; James Thompson

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 255
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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