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Orange County Indexed

Jury

31 May 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded James Lapsley, John Wilkerson, Wm Haywood and 27 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1799 term, 31 May 1799
Jurors
James Lapsley; John Wilkerson; Wm Haywood; Thomas Carter; James Neal; James Rogers; Richard Cates; Jno McDannel Jr; Wm Cain; Wm Kirkland; Absalum Tatom; Charles Kennon; Mordecai Southerland; Elias Turner Sr; George Carrington; Jno Campbell; Dav’d Mebane; Page Patterson; Joseph Shaw; Wm Kellen; Joseph Allison; Eli Lindsay; Robert Hodge; James Strayhorn; John Breeze; Hamilton Allison; Robert Steward Sr; John Wilson; Joseph Thompson; Samuel Stewart

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 575
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1799 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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