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Orange County Indexed

Jury

29 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered jurors Adam Sharp, George Horner, Jehu Whited and 11 others summoned for the next court term.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1798 term, 29 August 1798
Jurors
Adam Sharp; George Horner; Jehu Whited; James Turrentine; Thornberry Anderson; Auston Willis; Joseph Moore; Richard Bennehan; Jeremiah Holt; Zachariah Herndon; Chesley P Patterson; John Bullock; John McCullock; Catlet Campbell

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 443
  • 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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