Order about enslaved people: James, Henry M'Coy

A court was summoned to try James, enslaved by Henry M’Coy, for allegedly poisoning another unnamed enslaved person; M’Coy posted a £500 appearance bond.

Kind of business

Order about enslaved people

Court

May 1778 term, 26 May 1778

People

• James (defendant; person of color; enslaved by Henry M'Coy)
• Henry M'Coy (enslaver)

Places

Court House

Amounts

500 pounds

Other dates

next Friday

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 21-41
• Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 18 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
• 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).