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Orange County Indexed

Child or servant bound: Barnes Farmer, Christ Barnard

27 August 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered orphan Barnes Farmer bound to Christ Barnard until adulthood.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1789 term, 27 August 1789
People
Other dates
January next

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 232
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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