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Orange County Indexed

Jury

May 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon jurors David Mebane, John Long, Christopher Daniel and 26 others for the next Superior Court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1816 term
Jurors
David Mebane; John Long; Christopher Daniel; Phillip Walker Jr; James Hutcheson; Jacob Somers; Cason Capps; John Young; Daniel Carlton; Joseph Clendening; Samuel Stewart; William Hopkins; Aaron Hunter; Abner Bailiff; John Cabe; James Dixon; Samuel Thompson; James Johnston; James Davis; Seymore Duncan; David Tinnen; George Allen Jr; James Gattis; John Latta; James Briggs; Matthias Holstead; Abner Massey; David White; James Faucett; Samuel Thompson

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 9, page 192
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1816 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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