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Child or servant bound: John Dickson, Brice Collins Sr

27 February 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered orphan John Dickson bound to Brice Collins Sr until age twenty-one to learn tailoring.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
February 1788 term, 27 February 1788
People
Amounts
twenty one years
Other dates
28th of April next
The court’s words
“art & mistery of a tailor”
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/360: August 1791 term →

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 4, page 107
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1788 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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