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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded Thomas Vincent, John Long, John Horneday and 27 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1798 term
Jurors
Thomas Vincent; John Long; John Horneday; Chris Horneday; Charles Stout; William Harvey; Jacob Wilhoite; Michael Holt Jr; Jacob Boon; Wm Gaunt; Lewi Hall; Jonathan Jordan; Andrew McBroom; Thomas Clark; James Clark; David Allison; Henry Hastings; John Moore; Thomas Robertson; Jno Milliken; Tho Baker; Thomas Lloyd; Joseph Kirkland; John Stroud; Sam’l Woody; James Clendennin; Tho Thompson; William Wallace; John Shaw; Moses Cox

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 431
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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