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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded James Pyles, Wm Bowles Jr, Joseph Tate and 26 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1797 term
Jurors
James Pyles; Wm Bowles Jr; Joseph Tate; James Murray; Wm Fossit; Jno Ray; John Barnwell; Joseph Ming; Isaac Bracken; Jehu Hall; Wm Dixon; Michael Shoftner; Martin Shoftner; Fred Shoftner; Michael Holt Jr; Edward Harris; John Alston Jr; Wm Turner; Wm Ray Sr; Wm Lewis; James Comb; James Miller; Jno Warren; Thornberry Anderson; Jacob Allen; Wm Hall late; James Carrington Jr; James Horner; Wm Ray Sr; John Taylor

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 325
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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