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Orange County Indexed

Jury

February 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court recorded John Whitsell, James Johnston, Nathaniel Carter Jr and 27 others for jury service.

Kind of business
Jury
Court
February 1818 term
Jurors
John Whitsell; James Johnston; Nathaniel Carter Jr; George Albright; Miles Wallis; Thomas Jones; William Hopkins; William Brannock; Joseph Latta; James Anderson; Samuel White; John Wilbourne; Jarrett Yeargin; Baxter Davis; John Dunn; Burwell Gillum; Finny Hart; David Strayhorn; Riley Vickers; James Clark; William Chambers; John Walker; Barney Clapp; Joseph Street; William Clark; William Cain; Robert Hunter; Hugh McCadams; Henry Trice; Abner Bailiff

Reading note: A comma separated Jr from George Albright; the qualifier was retained as a descriptor. The list contained additional spelling differences from the preceding summons.

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 445
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1818 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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