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Orange County Indexed

Jury

November 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded a venire for the February term.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
November 1798 term
Jurors
Eli Harvey; Rob’t Morrison; Nathan Dixo[n]; Alen Edwards; Jno Shaddy; Ephraim Cook; James Lapslie; Tho Armstrong; Sam’l Thompson; Rob’t Thompson; William Craig; Tho Baker; James Craig Jr; David Craig; Joseph Moore; Jno Pickard Sr; Tho Howard; James Crutchfield; Alex Russell; James Gordan; Sherwood Dunnagin; Jno Riggs; David Allison; James Fossett Sr; Jacob Jackson; Daniel Wilkerson; Sam’l McCracken; James Walker; William Whitted; Rob’t Eaton
Other dates
Feb’y Term 1798

Reading note: The prospective venire was dated February 1798 within November 1798; the year was not corrected.

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 485
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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