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Child or servant bound: George Brown

26 August 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

An incomplete binding order concerned George Brown’s apprenticeship until adulthood to learn farming.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1788 term, 26 August 1788
People
  • George Brown (child bound; Base begotten Child; age 4 years the 28th day of October next)
Other dates
28th day of October next
The court’s words
“art & mistery of a Farmer”

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 138
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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