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Orange County Indexed

Jury

August 1817 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was directed to summon jurors James Nicholson, David Murdock, Edward Rippey and 28 others for the next county court.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
August 1817 term
Jurors
James Nicholson; David Murdock; Edward Rippey; James Tate; Charles Trice; William Morrow; William Maris; William Trice Senr; Cason Capps; Josiah Thompson; John Graham; Noah Rhodes; John McRory; James Lapslie; Moses Campbell; Alexander Russell; Samuel Craig; Francis Barbee; William Murray; Enoch McPherson; Ross; Hutchinson; William Rogers Jr; William Pickett; Adam Douglass; Samuel Woody; William Sheppard Jr; Aaron Walker; William Armstrong Jr; John Williams; Joel Cloud

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 405
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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