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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded William Nunn, Wm Kirkland, Benjamin Rhodes Sr and 27 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1798 term
Jurors
William Nunn; Wm Kirkland; Benjamin Rhodes Sr; Tho Bradshaw; Baxter King; George Johnston; William Cain; John Wilkerson; John Freeland; David Ray; Jonathan Lindley; George Long; Joseph Hodge; Robert Hodge; John Comb; David White; Daniel Cotner; John Wheeler; Nathan Horniday; Rich’d Thompson; Joseph Clendennin; Robert Gray; James Millikin; James Turner; John Armstrong; Daniel Cloud; James Jackson; James McCullock; George Horner; Samuel McCracken

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 389
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1798 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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