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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded James Lapsley, John Wilkerson, William Hagwood and 26 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1799 term
Jurors
James Lapsley; John Wilkerson; William Hagwood; Thomas Carter; James Neal; James Rogers; Rich’d Cates; John McDaniel; Joseph Thompson; Samuel Stewart; William Cain; William Kirkland; Absalom Tatom; Charles Kennon; Mordecai Southerland; Elias Turner; Geo Carrington; John Campbell; David Mebane; Page Patterson; Joseph Shaw; Joseph Allison; Eli Lindsey; Robert Hodge; James Strayhorn; John Breeze; Hamilton Allison; Robert Stewart; John Wilson

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 581
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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