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Order about enslaved people: Isaac, Jno Hogan

26 February 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court directed release of jailed Isaac, also called Jacob, to John Stroud upon Hogan’s security for his return when lawfully required.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
February 1789 term, 26 February 1789
People
Amounts
two hundred pounds

Reading note: Isaac was also named Jacob. The phrase detain to was read as delivery into Stroud’s custody; the ending was damaged and ownership unstated.

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 196
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1789 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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