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Order about enslaved people: Charles Horton, Robert Harris, Henry

29 May 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed three patrol officers for St Marys district (Charles Horton, Robert Harris, Henry).

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
May 1789 term, 29 May 1789
People
Places
District of St Marys

Reading note: Henry’s surname was illegible.

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 216
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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