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Jury

May 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded Mason Tapley, Josiah Thompson, John Johnston and 10 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
May 1817 term
Jurors
Mason Tapley; Josiah Thompson; John Johnston; Enoch McPherson; Tinnin McCadams; Robert Hunter; William Bradford; William Anderson; Samuel Allen; William Murray; William Jordan; Ross Hutchinson; Samuel Hodge

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 320
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1817 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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