Orange County Indexed
Freedom or emancipation: John Wade, Amy Hawley
March 1754 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
John Wade guaranteed Thomas Chavis would deliver Busby, alias John Scott, to his reputed mother Amy Hawley, and the court ordered the return.
- Kind of business
- Freedom or emancipation
- Court
- March 1754 term
- People
- John Wade (surety)
- Thomas Chavis
- Busby, alias John Scott (child of color)
- Amy Hawley (mother; his reputed mother)
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
- Folio and page 18-36
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 11
- 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
