The selection of foremen of petit juries is unchanged from antiquity.  

Grand juries were summoned for a full term and it would not be unusual to see repetition in the names of jurors. How that foreman was picked I have not seen but suspect he was chosen by the other jurors. 

> On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:40, Brooks, Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Is this a regular jury or grand jury?
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:39 AM Lois Leveen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I appreciate the response, but I think it doesn't quite get at the main
>> part of my question:
>> in *ANTEBELLUM Richmond*, how were jurors and forepersons of juries
>> selected, and how long did they serve? This individual seems to have been
>> serving for months or perhaps years at a time. Clearly, the process was
>> quite different than our current system in which, as you note, jurors
>> choose a member to serve as foreperson for a particular trial.
>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:19 AM a sharpe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The foreman is a juror chosen by the members of the jury for each trial.
>>> 
>>> Jurors may choose a person many times where that person is respected by
>>> the other jurors.
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 9, 2021, at 14:53, Lois Leveen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy all,
>>>> This is probably a basic question for those of you who work on
>> antebellum
>>>> Richmond, so thank you for indulging my asking it:
>>>> How did someone come to be foreman (definitely gendered role at the
>> time)
>>>> of the Hustings Court jurors?  There is someone who is a minor
>> character
>>> in
>>>> the story I am piecing together who seems to have been in this role for
>>>> quite a stretch of the mid-1860s.  Was this an appointed position?
>> Paid?
>>>> Prestigious? How long was the duration of service? Was someone in the
>>> role
>>>> indefinitely or subject to re-appointment?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help on this,
>>>> Lois
>>>> 
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