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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1807 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Jonathan Jorden, William Laws, Thomas Jinkins and 27 others summoned for Superior Court jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1807 term
Jurors
Jonathan Jorden; William Laws; Thomas Jinkins; Thomas Laycock; Young Hopson; John Danley; James Palmer; William Shepperd; Samuel Evans; Thomas Carmichael; Samuel Allen Jr; William Cain; Thomas Armstrong; William Clark; Richmond Harris; Lewis Horneday; William Rhodes; Joseph Albright; William Guess; Lewis Partin; Jonathan Nichols; John Forrest; William Wilkins; George Pratt; James Tate; Jesse Fulton; Henry Waggoner; David Ray; Robert Eaton; Sterling Harris

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 7, page 299
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1807 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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