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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered jurors Page Patterson, Hugh Cain, Christopher Barbee and 11 others summoned for the next superior court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1797 term
Jurors
Page Patterson; Hugh Cain; Christopher Barbee; Jno Strain; Martin Parmer; Daniel Green; Jno Grimes; Owen Lindley; Robert Hodge; Wm Rhodes Jr; James Hart; Zachariah Herendon; John Welbourne; Richard Christmas

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 265
  • 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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