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Child or servant bound: Thomas Airls, John Coontz, James Airls

29 November 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Thomas Airls to John Coontz until age twenty one to learn carpentry.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
November 1780 term, 29 November 1780
People

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

  • 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 53 (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).
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