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Orange County Indexed

Jury

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

The court ordered jurors Wm Carter, Thomas Lindley, Wm Holloday and 27 others summoned for the next court term.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1798 term, 29 August 1798
Jurors
Wm Carter; Thomas Lindley; Wm Holloday; Nathan Wells; Wm Gwinn; Jacob Rich; Obed Green; Nicholas Moser; Robert Moore; Thomas Lashley; John Nelson; William Allen; Joseph Tate; John Allen Jr; David Raney; Joseph Allison; Robert Smith St; James Morrow; Hamilton Allison; Thomas Horner; James Cain; John Brown; Edward Wortham; Joseph Woods; John Cain; Wm Blackwood; Sam’l Thompson; Joseph Dixon; Alex Strain; Owen Lloyd

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 444
  • 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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