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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded Andrew McBroom, James Clark, Thomas Thompson and 12 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1798 term
Grand jury
Andrew McBroom; James Clark; Thomas Thompson; Thomas Baker; Moses Cox; Henry Hastings; Joseph Kirkland; Charles Stout; John Shaw; Wm Wallace; Samuel Woody; Chris Horneday; Thomas Vincent; John Long; Jonathan Jordan

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 432
  • 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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